The Sixth Surrender

A transporting debut novel set in thirteenth century France—when chivalry reigned and treachery ruled . In the last years of her eventful life queen-duchess Aliénor of Aquitaine launches a deadly dynastic chess game to safeguard the crowns of Normandy and England for John Plantagenet her last surviving son. . To that end Aliénor coerces into matrimony two pawns: Juliana de Charnais a plain and pious novice determined to regain her inheritance and Guérin de lasalle a cynical war-worn mercenary equally resolved to renounce his. . The womanizing Lasalle and the proud Juliana are perfectly matched for battle not love—until spies and assassins conspire to reverse their romantic fortunes. . Populated by spirited and intelligent women and executed in flawless period detail The Sixth Surrender is a compelling love story that heralds the arrival of a major new talent in historical fiction.