Also by Elizabeth Chadwick

THE WILD HUNT

THE RUNNING VIXEN

THE LEOPARD UNLEASHED

FIRST KNIGHT

DAUGHTERS OF THE GRAIL

SHIELDS OF PRIDE

THE CONQUEST

THE CHAMPION

THE LOVE KNOT

THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER

LORDS OF THE WHITE CASTLE

THE WINTER MANTLE

THE FALCONS OF MONTABARD

SHADOWS AND STRONGHOLDS

A PLACE BEYOND COURAGE

THE GREATEST KNIGHT

THE SCARLET LION

THE TIME OF SINGING

TO DEFY A KING

LADY OF THE ENGLISH

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Table of Contents

Also by Elizabeth Chadwick

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The family of Louis VII of France

Maps

The Norman and Angevin kings of England

The Counts of Poitou, dukes of Aquitaine

Note for Readers

1. Palace of Poitiers, January 1137

2. Bordeaux, February 1137

3. Castle of Béthizy, France, May 1137

4. Bordeaux, June 1137

5. Bordeaux, July 1137

6. Bordeaux, July 1137

7. Palace of Poitiers, Summer 1137

8. Paris, September 1137

9. Bourges, Christmas 1137

10. Paris, Spring 1138

11. Poitiers, Autumn 1138

12. Paris, Spring 1140

13. Paris, Spring 1141

14. Poitiers, Summer 1141

15. Talmont, Summer 1141

16. Poitiers, late Summer 1141

17. Paris, Autumn 1141

18. Champagne, Summer 1142

19. Paris, Summer 1142

20. Castle of Arras, October 1143

21. Paris, June 1144

22. Paris, Autumn 1144

23. Paris, Spring 1145

24. Paris, November 1145

25. Poitou, Autumn 1146

26. Hungary, Summer 1147

27. Bulgaria, Summer 1147

28. Constantinople, September 1147

29. Anatolia, January 1148

30. Antioch, March 1148

31. Antioch, March 1148

32. Jerusalem, September 1148

33. The Mediterranean Sea, May 1149

34. Papal Palace at Tusculum, August 1149

35. Paris, December 1150

36. Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, February 1151

37. Castle of Taillebourg, March 1151

38. Angers, August 1151

39. Paris, August 1151

40. Anjou, 4 September 1151

41. Paris, Autumn 1151

42. Beaugency, March 1152

43. Beaugency, April 1152

44. Poitiers, April 1152

45. Poitiers, May 1152

46. Paris, Summer 1152

47. Poitiers, August 1152

48. Rouen, Normandy, Christmas 1152

49. Poitiers, August 1153

50. Angers, March 1154

51. Fontevraud Abbey, May 1154

52. Rouen, October 1154

53. Barfleur, 7 December 1154

Author’s Note

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Acknowledgements







Note for Readers