The Templar, The Queen And Her Lover

1325: AN ATMOSPHERE OF DREAD AND SUSPICION HANGS OVER ENGLAND.

The last years have been god-awful. A man was hard pushed just to survive with the realm stretched so taut with treachery and mistrust and the war with France.

When Isabella, Queen of England, is dispatched to Paris to negotiate peace with the French King, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his companion Simon Puttock travel with her to ensure her safety. But it seems no one can be trusted, not least those in the Queen's own retinue. Murder, betrayal, adultery and cold, calculating evil are just the beginning of Baldwin's tempestuous journey into the dark heart of the world's most powerful realm. Baldwin and Simon must fight to survive as the Queen struggles to stop a vicious war between her husband and her brother...