The Widow's Tale — Margaret Frazer

In the spring of 1449, widow Cristiana Helyngton has been kidnapped, defamed, and imprisoned in a nunnery--as h late husband's duplicitous relatives seek to obtain contr., aver her lands and children. To secure her freedom an save her daughters, Cristiana must use a secret entrusted t her by her husband as he was dying--a secret that soul bring down those lords nearest the king and destroy those most dear to her.

Dame Frevisse of St. Frideswide's nunnery must decide where her loyalties lie --to the crown, to the truth, to England's peace. And whatever she chooses, in the en her help may be of little use against the ruthless men threatened by the secret on which all of Cristiana's hopes depend...