For the king's loyal man-at-arms, Robert FitzStephan, being given Eleanor d'Outremer's hand in marriage is an honour he could never dream of. For Eleanor, being obliged to wed the man responsible for the deaths of her father and brother is not quite as much of a fairy tale. Not that she has any choice: in this the year 1282, King Edward I rules absolute and he has far bigger concerns than the fate of one young woman--he has the conquest...