{"product_id":"2940013208544","title":"A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS","description":"CHAPTER I The King Maker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stately lady was looking out of the window of an apartment in the\u003cbr\u003eRoyal Chateau of Amboise, in the month of June, 1470. She was still\u003cbr\u003ehandsome, though many years of anxiety, misfortune, and trouble, had\u003cbr\u003eleft their traces on her face. In the room behind her, a knight was\u003cbr\u003etalking to a lady sitting at a tambour frame; a lad of seventeen was\u003cbr\u003estanding at another window stroking a hawk that sat on his wrist,\u003cbr\u003ewhile a boy of nine was seated at a table examining the pages of an\u003cbr\u003eilluminated missal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What will come of it, Eleanor?\" the lady at the window said, turning\u003cbr\u003esuddenly and impatiently from it. \"It seems past belief that I am to\u003cbr\u003emeet as a friend this haughty earl, who has for fifteen years been the\u003cbr\u003ebitterest enemy of my House. It appears almost impossible.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'Tis strange indeed, my Queen; but so many strange things have befallen\u003cbr\u003eyour Majesty that you should be the last to wonder at this. At any rate,\u003cbr\u003eas you said but yesterday, naught but good can come of it. He has done\u003cbr\u003ehis worst against you, and one can scarce doubt that if he chooses he\u003cbr\u003ehas power to do as much good for you, as in past times he has done you\u003cbr\u003eevil. 'Tis certain that his coming here shows he is in earnest, for\u003cbr\u003ehis presence,--which is sure sooner or later to come to the ears of the\u003cbr\u003eUsurper,--will cause him to fall into the deepest disgrace.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And yet it seemed,\" the queen said, \"that by marrying his daughter\u003cbr\u003eto Clarence he had bound himself more firmly than ever to the side of\u003cbr\u003eYork.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069955227888,"sku":"2940013208544","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013208544_p0.jpg?v=1763578016","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013208544","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}