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To Defy a King

by Elizabeth Chadwick Book 5 in the William Marshal series.

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Mahelt Marshal, daughter of the celebrated William Marshal, marries Hugh Bigod while King John’s suspicion places her brothers and inheritance at risk. Her new household offers love and status, but the Bigods have their own grievances against the crown and expect obedience from a young woman fiercely loyal to her birth family.

As baronial resistance hardens into the crisis of Magna Carta and civil war, Mahelt’s attempts to aid the Marshals provoke conflict with her father-in-law and strain her marriage. She must decide how far to defy family and king when every choice threatens hostages, lands and the people she is trying to protect.

Historical Periods

Magna Carta1215 CE First Barons’ War1215–1217 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction Historical Sagas Romance Social & Domestic Fiction War Fiction

Historical people

John, King of England1166–1216 William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke1146–1219

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