Maid of Honour — Elizabeth Byrd

Lady Mary Seton, maid of honour to the ill-starred Mary, Queen of Scots, followed her queen through the tragic years of her tempestuous life. -- her story moves to France, to the corrupt and elegant court of Henry II, then back to Scotland with her widowed mistress to a world of danger and intrigue. -- Passionate and pious, timid and courageous, in command of the love of two men...how could she condemn her queen for adultery when she herself had fallen in love with a priest?