Maid Marian

Maid Marian by Watson, Elsa. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781400082766.

An irresistible reimagining of the Robin Hood legend, Maid Marian brings to life the rollicking€”and romantic€”world of the Middle Ages.An orphan and heiress to a large country estate, Marian Fitzwater is wed at the age of five to an equally young nobleman, Lord Hugh of Sencaster, a union that joins her inheritance to his. But when she is seventeen, Lord Hugh, whom she hasn€™t seen in years, dies under mysterious circumstances. Marian is left alone again€”a widow who has never been a bride. But now, like all unmarried young ladies of fortune, she is made the ward of King Richard the Lionheart. Since Richard is away on Crusade, Marian€™s fate lies in the hands of his mother, the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. The bridegroom Eleanor selects will get Marian€™s lands and, in return, pledge his loyalty€”and silver€”to the king. Marian herself is irrelevant and she knows it. Determined not to be sold into another sham marriage, she seeks