The Canterbury Papers (Alais Capet #1)
Author: Judith Koll Healey
Desc: The only thing I felt was a strong hand around my neck another around my waist and -- before I could cry out -- I smelled the thick sweet scent of a mandrake-soaked cloth. Unforgiving hands clapped it against my face and all went dark. Alais the king of France's sister is abducted while on her mission for the wily Eleanor of Aquitaine the former Queen of England to retrieve hidden letters that in the wrong hands could bring down the English king. In exchange the French princess was to receive long-heldand dangerous information. Now Alais along with help from the very intriguing leader of the Knights Templar must unravel a tangled web of family secrets and lies. Filled with intrigue and peopled with compelling legendary figures The Canterbury Papers is an "electrifying journey into the past" (Booklist).