Kathryn Le Veque
ASIN: B00NMMPP30
Publisher: Kathryn Le Veque Novels, Inc.
Pages: 413
The blood lines of seven great houses come together in the greatest knight of them all.He bears the name of de Russe, but the bloodlines of seven great houses converge in the greatest knight England has yet seen.As the uncle of Gaston de Russe, the Dark One, Sir Bastien de Russe beholds a great and terrible legacy, one that makes him both the target and the leader, the hunter and the hunted. His story is the most powerful of all. 1431 A.D. - As the premier knight for the Duke of Bedford, Bastian has been assigned a great and terrible task - he becomes the jailer for the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc. At first her enemy, he comes to know the woman who has fought so hard to free France from English rule, and an odd but symbiotic friendship grows. On the day Joan is taken to meet her death at the stake, Bastian is both her escort and her comfort. But before the flames are lit, Joan begs ...