Loyalty

Joanna is the daughter of the king of England and the wife of the Prince of Wales. Wales is a small territory on the western edge of England, a wild land that has been ripped apart both by the rulers of England and its own people. Now Llewelyn has taken control of an entire third of Wales and dreams of uniting his country under one governing body. At the same time, King John wants to expand his holdings and stop the raids the Welsh make on the English settlements that border their country. Llewelyn and King John are working at cross purposes, placing Joanna squarely in the middle of their ambition and strategic maneuvering.

King John originally arranged for Joanna to marry Llewelyn with the hopes that the marriage would create an alliance between the two leaders. However, the marriage was not even a year old before King...