In eleventh-century Germany, under the Emperor Henry IV, a baron’s castle, his daughter Margaret, her friend Bertha and a mysterious youth called Gilbert are caught up in a time of private wars, when the Church proclaimed the Truce of God to forbid fighting on holy days. The romance turns on disguise, arrest and the struggle between feudal violence and Christian law.
A short Catholic historical romance by an American novelist and dramatist, for readers of medieval tales. Download the free EPUB.