A Sprig Of Broom — Margaret Blake

Lady Cecily Hadfield has no alternative but to marry Thomas Cadwallader. However, Cecily is proud and haughty and promises that she will never be a meek and compliant wife to him, for he was part of the carnage that resulted in the death of King Richard. Strong and beautiful, Cecily cannot envisage what fate holds in store, or realize how near to scaffold she so carelessly wanders...