The Homecoming
The Homecoming by Norah Lofts, published by Tree of Life Publishing in 2018, is a historical fiction novel that spans 322 pages. This edition presents a narrative centered around Sir Godfrey Tallboys, who returns to Knight’s Acre after enduring years as a captive in Spain. Alongside him is a Moorish slave girl, pregnant with his child, which complicates his reunion with his wife, Lady Sybilla Tallboys, who has faced her own struggles in his absence.
Readers will find a rich exploration of medieval life, focusing on the dynamics of love, loyalty, and jealousy. Lady Sybilla, worn down by hardship, grapples with her feelings as she welcomes the woman who saved her husband. Meanwhile, Tana, the Moorish slave girl, becomes embroiled in a battle for her place within this family as Sir Godfrey departs once more for war. The narrative weaves together themes of romance and the challenges faced by powerful women in a turbulent historical context.
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Sir Godfrey Tallboys:
Battered and bruised from years as a captive in Spain after an ill-fated crusade, this former knight-errant has returned home to Knight’s Acre to his wife and children. But with him is the
Moorish slave girl to whom he owes his life–pregnant with his child.
Lady Sybilla Tallboys:
Exhausted with struggling to keep her children fed and poverty at bay, Sir Godfrey’s beautiful wife has grown old before her time. But she, too, has known the fleeting call of forbidden
passion and is willing to welcome her husband’s saviour into their humble home.
Tana, Lady Serriff:
Exotic and beguiling and aflame with all the jealous passions of the East, Tana sees Sybilla as the obstacle to all her desires. And when Sir Godfrey leaves again to fight another war,
Tana’s own battle for supremacy for her and her child begins.
This turbulent sequel to Knight’s Acre weaves a colourful tapestry of a medieval world filled with powerful women struggling against the cruel hand of fate.
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