Bayard

In 1487, an ailing lord calls his four sons to the fireside and asks what futures they want. Thirteen-year-old Pierre chooses the profession of arms—and the road away from home.

At Castle Bayard, high above a wild valley in Dauphiné, the old fortress has become a family home. But its lord, Aymon Terrail, fears he has little time left to prepare his sons for life without him. Pierre’s answer delights him: the boy is sent to serve the Duke of Savoy, where he must learn the calling he has chosen and live up to the honour of his ancestors. Dressed in velvet and satin, he rides out the next morning—eager, young, and bound for a world beyond the castle walls. What will the path to knighthood demand of him?

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