Lady Robyn
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
The author of two highly praised novels, The Spiral Dance and American Woman, R. Garcia y Robertson returns with a charming time-travel romance sequence. In Knight Errant, Robyn Stafford, a young American woman hiking in England near the Welsh border, was swept back in time to the 1460s, the age of the War of the Roses. There she fell in love with a young knight, Edward, son of the Duke of York. Cast back in time by witchcraft, Robyn, a young executive from Hollywood, raised in Montana, has chosen to stay there out of love for Edward, who has promised to marry her.
Now in Lady Robyn, Robyn's fantasy of courtly romance comes up against the brute reality of medieval politics: the politics of murder, warfare, and betrayal. The War of the Roses is no longer a textbook subject, it's messing up her life, and so is the noble witch who, though he doesn't know it, is Edward's enemy. Edward's father, Richard, is making a bid for the throne, and if he wins it, Edward will be heir apparent. And if Robyn marries him, she will someday be queen and her children heirs to the throne as well. In the 1460s, that means living with the constant threat of death. The survival rate for heirs is not high. Will Robyn reject her love or risk the lives of her children to be?
This is an engrossing time-travel romance in the mold of Diana Gabaldon's bestselling timeslip tales.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hollywood executive Robyn Stafford is back to her old time-traveling tricks in this rollicking sequel to Knight Errant. In the earlier volume, Montana-born Robyn slipped back through the centuries while traveling the English countryside and found herself in 1459, where the plucky former Miss Rodeo Montana remade herself as Lady Robyn Stafford of Holy Wood and became a social success. Here, she continues to be wooed by the handsome knight Edward ("Edward could be ridiculously chivalrous, especially toward women"), who is the son of Richard, duke of York. Richard is itching to replace his dotty uncle, King Henry VI. If he assumes the throne, Edward would be in direct line for succession. But Robyn has no desire to be Edward's queen if it means that their children's lives would be ruled by political imperatives, and she opposes Richard's bid for the throne. She becomes a minor player in the royals' games and must decide if marriage to her beloved is worth the headaches. Wielding such 20th-century devices as spandex underwear, instant coffee crystals and a working knowledge of Shakespeare's history plays, Robyn is a charming and resourceful heroine; Garcia y Robertson deftly plays up the contrast between Robyn's 20th-century sensibilities and the medieval surroundings for comic effect. The well-researched and well-told tale will more than satisfy historical romance fans.