Благородный воин

1086 god ot Rozhdestva KHristova.Angliya stonet pod zheleznoy postupyu normannov. Vilgelm Zavoevatel s prisushchim emu tsinizmom otdaet znatnykh saksonskikh devushek vmeste s ikh zemlyami v zheny svoim rytsaryam, ubivshim ottsov i bratev neschastnykh nevest.Krasavitsa Elizabet Montrayt, chudom izbezhavshaya smerti, ne zhelaet dlya sebya stol zhalkoy sudby. Odnako pobeg devushki zavershaetsya neudachey, i ona okazyvaetsya v rukakh cheloveka, kotorogo boitsya bolshe vsego na svete, bezzhalostnogo Dzheffri Berkli.No pochemu etot uzhasnyy voin ne speshit vospolzovatsya bezzashchitnostyu yunoy plennitsy? Pochemu otnositsya k ney, kak blagorodnyy rytsar bez strakha i upreka k prekrasnoy dame, kotoruyu lyubit vsey dushoy?..