In a historical romance based on one of the Lais of Marie de France, Marie PenthiFve of Chalendrey, a young Norman woman abducted and taken to the court of Brittany, falls for the handsome Tiarnßn of Talensac, who marries another, but when Tiarnßn mysteriously vanishes and his "widow" seizes control of his lands, it is up to Marie to rescue him before it is too late. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.