Lady Margaret’s Escape by Victoria Sportelli

A Desperate Midwife Bargains with a King

After suffering the loss of her first pregnancy, a son and heir to the English throne, Queen Matilda is once again with child. Overjoyed but cautious of another loss, King Henry seeks a skilled midwife to assist his wife throughout her pregnancy and labor. His search leads him to Margaret.

Once a woman of rank and leisure, Margaret has been betrayed by her father and made a common slave. The king’s dire need for a midwife provides her with an enticing opportunity to escape a life of servitude and return to her previous station, but first, she must prove her worth and make a bargain with the devil.

King Henry is reluctant to haggle with the midwife, but when Margaret reveals her foul play’s suspicions being the cause of the queen’s previous loss, he makes up his mind. Not only will Margaret attend the queen, her fate with being tied to the queen’s – and that of their unborn babe. Deliver a healthy heir, and King Henry will reward Margaret with the return of her rank, social status, and wealth. Fail, and her life will be forfeit.

The two women are sent to a secret forest retreat to wait out Queen Matilda’s confinement away from the conspiracies and dangers of court life. Meanwhile, Henry’s brother Robert invades England to seize Henry’s crown, and Margaret begins to fear she has allied herself with the wrong ruler.

Will Margaret earn her freedom…or a severed head?

Pick up Lady Margaret’s Escape today and experience the perils of living in medieval England.

About the Author:

Ms. Sportelli, who loves to share her English history knowledge, has concluded that Henry I was an under-rated king who struggled to keep his throne amid conflicts between Normans and Saxons. She writes of the era in novels featuring Lady Margaret, King Henry, and Queen Matilda.

A life-long Anglophile, Ms. Sportelli loves British manners, folklore, customs, history, and humor; she watches every British film, television, show, and the documentary she can find.

Ms. Sportelli has both children and grandchildren. Moreover, she has taken seven trips to eight western European countries and loves England and Italy the most.

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