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  The mysteries Ela solves in this book are entirely a product of my imagination. The details of her life and family are, insofar as is possible, researched and represented as I found them. Speech in this era would have been a mixture of Norman French, spoken by Ela and her noble cohorts, and middle English spoken by the local people. By today’s standards Ela might seem excessively snobbish or pious. Her impulses to manage her own life and castle, however, and to be a leader as well as a mother to her eight children, are very relatable to us in the twenty-first century.

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  Author Biography

  J. G. Lewis grew up in a Regency-era officer’s residence in London, England. She spent her childhood visiting nearby museums and watching the mounted regiment ride down her street. She came to the U.S. for college and stayed for the sunshine and a career as a museum curator in New York city. Over the years she published quite a few novels, two of which hit the USA Today list. She didn’t delve into historical fiction until she discovered genealogy and the impressive cast of potential characters in her family history. Once she realized how many fascinating historical figures are all but forgotten, she decided to breathe life into them again by creating stories for them to inhabit. J. G. Lewis currently lives in Florida with her dogs and horses.

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  Cover image includes: detail from Codex Manesse, ca. 1300, Heidelberg University Library; detail from Beatus of Liébana, Fecundus Codex, 1047, Biblioteca Nacional de España; detail with Longespée coat of arms from Matthew Parris, Historia Anglorum, ca. 1255, British Museum.