Maid Marian — Elsa Watson

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