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An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF First published in Great Britain by Harper 2014 Copyright © Joanna Hickson 2014 Joanna Hickson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library. This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Source ISBN: 9780007447015 Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780007447022 Version: 2017-07-11 For my intrepid and lovely sister Sue Contents Copyright Dedication Prologue Part One: County Durham, England Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Part Two: France
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Part Three: Fotheringhay Castle Northamptonshire, Coldharbour Inn & Westminster Palace, London
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Part Four: Ireland & Northern England
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Part Five: Lincolnshire & Yorkshire
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Part Six: The Drums of War
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Epilogue
Author’s Note
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Provins, County of Champagne, France, 1275
At first there was only a subtle hint of fragrance borne on the breeze, an exquisite teasing of the senses. To the knight on his weary warhorse it was like the breath of God, lifting the hairs on the back of his neck and stirring the golden leopards on his banner. ‘It is the scent of roses!’ he cried to his companions. ‘In the Holy Land we called it God’s Incense.’ When the cavalcade breasted
