Loved this one by Margaret Frazer, who was a fine author, I thought I had read them all.
Alice Chaucer, Countess of Suffolk is Dame Frevisse's cousin, and I am pulling out the Sister Frevisse books with Alice or her father to reread. Apparently this was not a reread or, if it was I do not remember it. Lady Jane de la Pole was the maiden, and was a real life character married to a yeoman, in addition to being Suffolk's cousin.
Throw in two attempted murders of the Duke of Orleans, Lady Jane and others and you will have the gist of it. It was delightful!
A well done biographical tale of a queen who lived in a time we know little about. Matilda of Ringelheim, Saint Matida, was born around 895 in the Duchy of Saxony and married Henry the Fowler about 910.
Matilda was venerated because of her piety and her prophetic dreams.
Matilde and Heinrich were an improbable couple who shared a meaningful relationship in a time and place where that was more difficult.
They ruled Germany together and Matilda assisted her husband with her insight.
I enjoyed the beginning immensely but it was long, and some of the dream sequences could have been shorter. Recommended to those who have great interest in medieval
