"Sir Guy's Atonement" (Book 3), Ch. 25 (PG): A Royal Commission and A Mysterious Lady Emerges from the Shadows, April 27, 2015 Gratiana Lovelace (Post #737)
[An Original Fan Fiction adaptation of the characters from the BBC's Robin Hood; & a Sequel to "Sir Guy's Dilemma" (Book 2) by Gratiana Lovelace]
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[From time to time, I will illustrate my story with my dream cast of: Richard Armitage as Baron Guy of Gisborne, Clive Standen as Lord Archer of Locksley, Emma Watson as Lady Roseanna Gisborne, Tommy Bastow as the young Seth Gisborne, Lucy Griffiths as the spectre of Lady Marian, James McAvoy as Lord George Middleton, Toby Stephens as Prince John, Dakota Fanning as Lady Caroline Havorford, Chris Hemsworth as Sir Roderick Merton, Tamsin Egerton as Lady Rebecca Oxbridge Merton, Lee Ross as Sir Jasper, and Sir Derek Jacobi as Fr. Bale, David Harewood as Brother Tuck, Judi Dench as Mother Superior, Lady Anne is Lucy Griffths, etc.]
Author's Mature Content Note: "Sir Guy's Atonement" is a story of romance and intrigue set amidst Medieval times. As such there will be some passages in this story involving heartfelt love scenes (s) and some passages involving highly dramatic moments (D). I will label the maturity rating of those chapters accordingly. Otherwise, the general rating for this story is PG or PG-13 due to some mature situations and topics. If you are unable or unwilling to attend a movie with the ratings that I provide, then please do not read the chapters with those labels. This is my disclaimer.
Author's Recap from the previous installment: Sir Guy and Lady Roseanna and their extended family had earlier held a solemn burial service for Lady Marian-with no body, but a sealed letter that Sir Guy wrote to Lady Marian and buried in her grave-conducted by Br. Tuck to commemorate and to honor the deceased Lady Marian Knighton. His later elevation to Baron Guy of Gisborne notwithstanding, he is still a man with a guilty conscience. Lady Roseanna hopes that in time, her husband Baron Guy's guilt at killing Lady Marian will abate and that he can fully embrace their family life together-she and his children depend upon him so. It is Baron Guy's hope to exorcise his demons as well. And Br. Tuck will discover that he will play an unexpected role in that exorcism.
And with the Gisbornes having recently hosted the newly married Sir Roderick Merton and his wife Lady Rebecca-the widow of Lord John Oxbridge Earl of Leicester-there are also extended family adjustments to be made. And Baron Guy and Lady Roseanna look forward to the growing fondness between Seth Gisborne and Lady Caroline Havorford-with a possible betrothal intention announcement imminent. But they are getting ahead of themselves, because just as families can be made-they can be undone. What Brother Tuck finds on his trip to the Holy Land will startle him and rock the foundation of the extended Gisborne and Oxbridge families.
"Sir Guy's Atonement" (Book 3), Ch. 25 (PG): A Royal Commission and A Mysterious Lady Emerges from the Shadows
After stopping briefly at the Gisborne-Middleton Estate in Leicester and officiating at the burial service of Lady Marian in spirit in early May 1199, Brother Tuck once more travels by fast ship to the Holy Land-this time, at the special request of the late King Richard of England to undertake an unspecified secret mission-as conveyed to him by the late king's mother, Queen Eleanor. Brother Tuck had often undertaken such secret missions for the late King Richard-often for messages between King Richard and his mother, Queen Eleanor, living in France. The Dowager Queen Eleanor is a fine and noble lady-even in her grief of losing her beloved son, King Richard-and she was determined that her son's final wish be carried out. Even the new King John is not aware of what the cleric is up to. Brother Tuck is to be the courier for a precious cargo to be returned to English soil.
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"Sir Guy's Atonement" (Book 3) by Gratiana Lovelace, 2015 (a Wattys2015 Nominee)
Historical FictionIf we could go back and change one thing in our lives--a careless thought, a hurtful remark, a devastating action--who would not wish to undo a wrong, or a mistake, or a regret? And yet, the past cannot be undone, wrongs cannot always be righted, a...
