The Devil’s Diadem. Sara Douglass
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de Lacy’s manor hall sat atop a rise amid…
Chapter Eight
I stayed abed the next day, and only heard what…
Chapter Nine
When the morrow arrived, it was to discover that Edmond…
Chapter Ten
I tried to put the Templars and their accusations behind…
Part Six: The Bearscathe Mountains
Chapter One
I had been exceedingly unsettled by that chapel visit, and…
Chapter Two
I returned to our privy chamber, not answering Isouda when…
Chapter Three
We travelled in as small a company as possible. It…
Chapter Four
We started early the next day. It should be an…
Chapter Five
The weave scarring on Henry’s cheek looked black and deep…
Chapter Six
My mind simply would not accept that this was Edmond.
Chapter Seven
The next day we travelled to Pengraic Castle. It was…
Chapter Eight
Perhaps that day spent out of bed had wearied me,…
Part Seven: The Devil’s Diadem
Chapter One
We rode into London five days later. The last I…
Chapter Two
I sat up, slowly.
Chapter Three
I woke just after dawn the next morning. I lay…
Chapter Four
I was still out of sorts when I was summoned…
Chapter Five
Again, there was just Raife and Edmond waiting in the…
Chapter Six
‘Jesu!’ Edmond exclaimed, and I turned to look at the…
Chapter Seven
We went to the Tower and down the stairwell. I…
Part Eight: The Falloway Man
Chapter One
As I had known it would, terrible scandal erupted the…
Chapter Two
I was not queen, and not given the benefit of…
Chapter Three
Uda told me when I was heavily pregnant with Hugh…
Chapter Four
My world went to nothing when Edmond died. Some days…
Chapter Five
My lady, the countess that was, wishes me to relate…
Chapter Six
Thus, finally, I come to the end of my testimony.
The Testimony of Hugh De Mortaigne, Earl of Wessex, Known as Hugh The Wolf
Glossary
About the Author
Other Books by Sara Douglass
Copyright
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AUTHOR’S NOTE
The Devil’s Diadem is set, not in the early twelfth-century England of our past, but in a fictional version of that world. While there are many similarities between our past and the twelfth-century world of The Devil’s Diadem, and many characters and points of historical reference remain the same, there are still characters and issues which render this England not quite the one you may have learned about in history books.
PLACE NAMES
Where possible in The Devil’s Diadem I use contemporary place names.
A list of the twelfth-century place names used in this book and their modern-day equivalents follows (an explanation of terms can be found in the Glossary).
Badentone: Bampton
Bearscathe Mountains: the Brecon Beacons in Wales
Bergeveny: Abergaveny
Blachburnscire: Blackburnshire
Bochinghamscire: Buckinghamshire
Bouland: Bowland
Brimesfelde: Brimpsfield
Cantuaberie: Canterbury
Chestre: Chester
Chinteneham: Cheltenham
Cicestre: Chichester
Cirecestre: Cirencester
Craumares: Crowmarsh Gifford
Crickhoel: Crickhowell
Depdene: Forest of Dean
Derheste: Deerhurst
Donecastre: Doncaster
Dovre: Dover
Elesberie: Aylesbury
Etherope: Hatherop
Eurvicscire: Yorkshire
Exsessa: Essex
Fenechirche: Fenchurch
Glowecestre: Gloucester
Glowecestrescire: Gloucestershire
Godric Castle: Goodrich Castle
Godstou: Godstow
Hamestede: Hampstead
Hanbledene: Hambleden
Herefordscire: Herefordshire
Holbournestrate: Holborn
Lincolescire: Lincolnshire
Lincolie: Lincoln
Meddastone: Maidstone
Monemude: Monmouth
Oxeneford: Oxford
Oxenefordscire: Oxfordshire
Pengraic Castle: this is a fictional castle, but it is situated atop Crug Hywel, or Table Mountain, at the foot of the Black Mountains in Wales.
Pomfret: Pontefract
Ragheian: Raglan
Redmeleie: Redmarley D’Abitot
Richemont: Richmond
(in Yorkshire)
Saint Edmund’s Burie: Bury Saint Edmund’s
Sancti Albani: Saint Albans
Scersberie: Shrewsbury
Sudfulc: Suffolk
Sudrie: Surrey
Summersete: Somerset
Walengefort: Wallingford
Walsingaham: the two conjoined villages of Little and Greater Walsingham in Norfolk.