title: The Lady Knights of Barony
author:  Elise Marion 
description: "I was thrilled when I heard Marion had written a trio of novellas, each featuring a lady-warrior-turned-knight. Each novella offers a glimpse into the heroine's courageous history, and provides a captivating balance of romance and adventure. The overarching story takes the reader on a dramatic journey from the kingdom of Barony, to the African desert, to a sugar cane plantation on the island of Martinique, to the exotic shores of Japan, and finally back to Barony."--Kathy Altman, Happy Ever After, USA Today<br /><br />"There isan incredible amount of action packed into this book from beginning to end. All three women are strong, independent and can kick some butt! A win for those readers who love feisty, powerful heroineswith a tender side!"<br />--Margaret Faria, InD'tale Magazine
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  A Group of Noble Dames
  
  
    
    
  Preface  
    
  The First Countess of Wessex  
    
  Barbara of the House of Grebe  
    
  The Marchioness of Stonehenge  
    
  [Lady Mottisfont  
    
  ](A%20Group%20of%20Noble%20Dames_split_001.html#filepos206413)[The Lady
  Icenway  
    
  ](A%20Group%20of%20Noble%20Dames_split_001.html#filepos242477)[Squire
  Petrick's Lady  
    
  ](A%20Group%20of%20Noble%20Dames_split_001.html#filepos267579)[Anna, Lady
  Baxby  
    
  ](A%20Group%20of%20Noble%20Dames_split_001.html#filepos290207)[The Lady
  Penelope  
    
  ](A%20Group%20of%20Noble%20Dames_split_001.html#filepos305196)[The Duchess Of
  Hamptonshire  
    
  ](A%20Group%20of%20Noble%20Dames_split_001.html#filepos328211)[The Honourable
  Laura
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # A Group of Noble Dames
  
  
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  ### PREFACE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the
  
  
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