![]() ![]() Marian herself is irrelevant and she knows it. The lucky bridegroom will get Marian's lands and, in return, pledge his loyalty-and silver-to King Richard. Marian's fate lies in the hands of his mother, the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, who will arrange her second marriage. But King Richard is away on Crusade and can't be bothered with business at home. Like all unmarried young ladies of fortune, she is made a ward of Richard the Lionheart, England's warrior king. ![]() Marian is left alone again-a widow who has never been a bride. But when she is seventeen, Lord Hugh, whom she hasn't seen in years, dies under mysterious circumstances. ![]() An orphan and heiress to a large country estate, Marian Fitzwater is wed at the age of five to an equally young nobleman, Lord Hugh of Sencaster, a union that joins her inheritance to his and vastly enriches his family. An irresistible reimagining of the Robin Hood legend, Maid Marian brings to life the rollicking-and romantic-world of the Middle Ages. ![]()
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