Fair, Bright, and Terrible (Welsh Blades #2)

Fair, Bright, and Terrible (Welsh Blades #2)

Author: Elizabeth Kingston Listening Length: 8h 22m
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Wales is conquered, and Eluned has lost everything: her country, her husband, her hope. All that remains is vengeance, and she will stop at nothing to have it. Certain there is no trace within her of the idealistic girl who loved Robert de Lascaux a lifetime ago, she agrees to marry him to advance the fortunes of her s...

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E luned was relieved to know that Robert too wanted to be away from court as soon as was possible. At his urging, she came with him to meet with his brother and Burnell, the king’s right hand, and learned everything there was to know about the lands that would be granted to him. The division of Wales would be set forth by law in weeks and instead of feeling only fury and bitterness to see how it would be doled out to English lords, she had as well the satisfaction that one piece of it would fall into her hands. And she could not deny her pride in knowing that Robert would become the first Baron de Lascaux, lord of the new principality of Darian.

She squeezed his hand when she heard the name. “Darian is a Welsh word. It means shield. Protection.”