Despite the objections of his wife, Isabella, Lord Philip Whyford determines to accompany King Richard I on crusade to the Holy Land. After two years of waiting, Isabella is devastated when his cousin, Roger, returns with the news that Philip is dead. As Philip had no sons, Roger is his heir and wastes no time in laying claim to the title and estate. As the months of mourning her husband pass, Isabella comes to realise that he also intends to lay...