Blood Royal. Vanora Bennett
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VANORA BENNETT
Blood Royal
For Chris, Luke and Joe
CONTENTS
PART TWO: The Book of Deeds of Arms and Chivalry
PART THREE: Lamentations on the Troubles of France
PART FOUR: The Vision of Christine
PART FIVE: The Prison of Human Life
PART SIX: The Book of the Body Politic
PART SEVEN: The Song of Jehanne of Arc
PART EIGHT: The Mutability of Fortune
PART NINE: The Treasure of the City of Ladies
The Book of Peace
The page made himself as inconspicuous as possible at the back of the English delegation, looking at the vast tapestries on the walls of this dusty, splendid Parisian hall, clutching his box to his chest, waiting for his cue.
His latest master, the Duke of Clarence, had turned away from the repulsively fat French Queen, his hostess, whose eyes were glittering as wickedly as the jewels half-buried in the flesh of her slug fingers. Clarence fixed his eyes on the fourteen-year-old Princess at her side. The Princess was Owain’s age, and quite a pretty girl, Owain judged, with light brown hair and freckles and gentle eyes over a long nose; it would be sad if time turned her into a swollen monster