The King's Witch

Of the women in King Richard''s life she is the least known-and the most powerful. During the Third Crusade deaths from fever and starvation are common but King Richard the Lion-Hearted has a secret ally against these impassable enemies-a mysterious healer by the name of Edythe. She was sent to him by his mother Eleanor and Richard first assumes that Edythe is a spy. But when her medical knowledge saves his life she becomes an indispensable member of his camp-even as his loyal soldiers suspicious of her talent for warding off death call her a witch.