title: The Royal Wedding For Dummies
author:  Julian Knight 
description: "...a good guide with lots of tips and a fresh and fun look at these historic events." (<i>Shropshire Star</i>, March 2011)
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  She must marry the knight
  
  By order of the king!
  
  Widow Eleanor of Tallany Castle knows her people are broken by the taxes
  demanded by King John. So when she’s ordered to marry Hugh de Villiers, a
  knight loyal to the king, she’s furious—even if he is handsome! As gallant
  Hugh begins to heal the scars of Eleanor’s abusive first marriage, she’s even
  more determined to keep her secret: she is the outlaw the king wants to send
  to the gallows!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “It’s not that I envisaged another for a husband, Sir Hugh. I had rather hoped
  not to envisage a husband at all.”
  
  “I’m sorry for that, my lady, and I know this has been a difficult day, but I
  will not defy the king and neither should you.” He inhaled before continuing.
  “I hope that you can get used to the idea of our marriage, and with that, I
  would ask if I... May I court you?”
  
  Eleanor was momentarily speechless, flummoxed by this man’s question.
  
  “You want marriage and courtship, at the same 