rose in the pre-dawn darkness, wrapping myself in a…
Chapter Four
I stood, smoothing the fine linen kirtle over my body,…
Chapter Five
‘Are you quite overcome yet?’ Lady Alianor said to me…
Chapter Six
I accompanied the king in to dinner, which was a…
Chapter Seven
We arrived home. I was exhausted and fraught. I could…
Chapter Eight
Raife took me back to court one more time before…
Chapter Nine
Raife arrived the next day in the late morning. There…
Part Five: Christmastide
Chapter One
Raife had hurried home for what Edmond liked to call…
Chapter Two
When we returned from the hunt we partook of a…
Chapter Three
‘How can you name my wife!’ Raife said immediately. ‘She…
Chapter Four
The hall was in an uproar. Many people were shouting.
Chapter Five
Raife hugged me to him so tightly he squeezed my…
Chapter Six
Winter was colder than it had been for many years.
Chapter Seven
The de Lacy’s manor hall sat atop a rise amid…
Chapter Eight
I stayed abed the next day, and only heard what…
Chapter Nine
When the morrow arrived, it was to discover that Edmond…
Chapter Ten
I tried to put the Templars and their accusations behind…
Part Six: The Bearscathe Mountains
Chapter One
I had been exceedingly unsettled by that chapel visit, and…
Chapter Two
I returned to our privy chamber, not answering Isouda when…
Chapter Three
We travelled in as small a company as possible. It…
Chapter Four
We started early the next day. It should be an…
Chapter Five
The weave scarring on Henry’s cheek looked black and deep…
Chapter Six
My mind simply would not accept that this was Edmond.
Chapter Seven
The next day we travelled to Pengraic Castle. It was…
Chapter Eight
Perhaps that day spent out of bed had wearied me,…
Part Seven: The Devil’s Diadem
Chapter One
We rode into London five days later. The last I…
Chapter Two
I sat up, slowly.
Chapter Three
I woke just after dawn the next morning. I lay…
Chapter Four
I was still out of sorts when I was summoned…
Chapter Five
Again, there was just Raife and Edmond waiting in the…
Chapter Six
‘Jesu!’ Edmond exclaimed, and I turned to look at the…
Chapter Seven
We went to the Tower and down the stairwell. I…
Part Eight: The Falloway Man
Chapter One
As I had known it would, terrible scandal erupted the…
Chapter Two
I was not queen, and not given the benefit of…
Chapter Three
Uda told me when I was heavily pregnant with Hugh…
Chapter Four
My world went to nothing when Edmond died. Some days…
Chapter Five
My lady, the countess that was, wishes me to relate…
Chapter Six
Thus, finally, I come to the end of my testimony.
The Testimony of Hugh De Mortaigne, Earl of Wessex, Known as Hugh The Wolf
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AUTHOR’S NOTE
The Devil’s Diadem is set, not in the early twelfth-century England of our past, but in a fictional version of that world. While there are many similarities between our past and the twelfth-century world of The Devil’s Diadem, and many characters and points of historical reference remain the same, there are still characters and issues which render this England not quite the one you may have learned about in history books.
