September 25, 2011 by Jackie
From the Women Trouvères of the 14th Century
Alas, why did I refuse
The one who loved me so?
He whiled away much time with me
And found no mercy there.
Alas, what a cold heart I have!
Insane
Was I, more than mad, to rebuff him?
I will do
Justice to his wishes
If he should deign to hear me.
Weave a Garland of my Vows is a novel in progress.
It begins in France in April 1622. Marie de Rohan is disgraced and exiled. She will regain her position at court by whatever means necessary because the life of Anne of Austria is in danger. So starts the Conspiration des Dames.
But to save the Queen, the King must die.
A murderous plot begins…
'Nothing was really impossible to a woman of her beauty and wit.'
'Madame, if you were ever to be eternally damned, your hell would consist in sleeping in coarse Dutch linen.'
'I desire only to live in the world for your sake.'
'If you give me six lines written by an honest man, I will find something in them to hang him.'
'I would love to see the grimace he is now making on the scaffold.'
