When he learns that she lost her voice from a beating by a cruel former master, he is outraged. Wesley le Wyse is intrigued by the beautiful new servant girl. But she cannot reveal her true identity for fear she will be forced to return to King Richard and her arranged marriage. Evangeline soon regrets the charade as she gets to know Wesley, the handsome young leader of the servants, whom she later discovers is the son of a wealthy lord. To keep her identity a secret, Evangeline pretends to be mute. Desperate to escape a life married to a man she finds revolting, Evangeline runs away from the king and joins a small band of servants on their way back to their home village. But the young king betroths her to his closest advisor, Lord Shiveley, a man twice as old as Evangeline. But freedom comes at a cost.Įvangeline is the ward and cousin of King Richard II, and yet she dreams of a life outside of Berkhamsted Castle, where she might be free to marry for love and not politics. Evangeline longs to be free, to live in the world outside the castle walls.
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