Despite having signed the Magna Carta and made promises to mend his ways, there is still great dissatisfaction with King John's rule.
Among the rebellious nobles is young Nicholas de Caen. While fighting John's troops, he is captured, but during the trip back to be questioned, the treacherous marshes cause trouble and Nicholas and King John's treasure are both lost. Nicholas is injured and ends up at a nunnery where he is nursed by Miriel of Wisbech.
News of the lost treasure comes to them and the nuns realise the young man they are looking after probably knows something about this...
- ISBN10 0316639613
- ISBN13 9780316639613
- Publish Date 1 July 1999 (first published 1 January 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 December 1999
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little, Brown & Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English