By the time Sylvia Richardson is eighteen, she has buried her parents; given birth to a daughter; and become a widow. It is 1942, and Worl..

Simon, an all but penniless French youth brought up as companion to King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis), arrives at the Westminster court ..

Her brother was dead. He’d practically raised her and stood by her during a miscarriage that left her barren. He’d been the sole person ..