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Sir Hyatt Laidley, rewarded by Prince Edward, is sent to conquer De la Noye. As part of his prize, he claims the dead master's wife Aurelie. Aurelie does not accept her fate quietly, fighting her conqueror with everything she has. | Sir Hyatt Laidley, rewarded by Prince Edward, is sent to conquer De la Noye. As part of his prize, he claims the dead master's wife Aurelie. Aurelie does not accept her fate quietly, fighting her conqueror with everything she has. | ||
| − | A modern telling the [http://www.lib.rochester.edu/Camelot/Cinder/cin4.htm Patient Griselda] myth -- where Griselda is a chaste, above reproach wife whose love and fidelity is tested repeatedly (from "The Clerk's Tale", ''Canterbury Tales'' and Plutarch | + | A modern telling the [http://www.lib.rochester.edu/Camelot/Cinder/cin4.htm Patient Griselda] myth -- where Griselda is a chaste, above reproach wife whose love and fidelity is tested repeatedly (from "The Clerk's Tale", ''Canterbury Tales'' and Plutarch, among others) |
== Awards == | == Awards == | ||
* [[1987 Golden Medallion Winners|1987 Golden Medallion]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Historical Romance|Historical Category]] | * [[1987 Golden Medallion Winners|1987 Golden Medallion]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Historical Romance|Historical Category]] | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 26 March 2006
- Author: Robyn Carr
- Publisher: Little Brown & Co
- Year: 1986
- Amazon Listing - By Right Of Arms - Out-of-Print
Sir Hyatt Laidley, rewarded by Prince Edward, is sent to conquer De la Noye. As part of his prize, he claims the dead master's wife Aurelie. Aurelie does not accept her fate quietly, fighting her conqueror with everything she has.
A modern telling the Patient Griselda myth -- where Griselda is a chaste, above reproach wife whose love and fidelity is tested repeatedly (from "The Clerk's Tale", Canterbury Tales and Plutarch, among others)
