{"product_id":"2940013740785","title":"Bloody Blanche","description":"When Guillaume de Flavy grew weary of warfare and politics, he decided\u003cbr\u003eto increase his fortunes by taking a wife. He was a big strong man,\u003cbr\u003ebroad-shouldered, with a hairy and bosomy chest. He could grab two\u003cbr\u003earmed knights, one with each hand, and force them both to the ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe used to strap on his leggings and go around his lands in person,\u003cbr\u003eright through the mire, clapping his heavy hand upon the backs of the\u003cbr\u003emuddied men who stooped among the furrows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis broad face was flushed with the blood that always throbbed at his\u003cbr\u003etemples; and he used to crack the bones between his teeth when eating\u003cbr\u003emeat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day, riding within the borders of his meadows near Rheims, he saw\u003cbr\u003ethe fields belonging to Robert d'Ovrebreuc. He dismounted and entered\u003cbr\u003ethe great hall of the house. The enormous chests arranged along the\u003cbr\u003ewalls, each one big enough to climb into, looked shabby; the dining\u003cbr\u003etable was rickety, the fire-irons were rusts, and the spit was coated\u003cbr\u003ewith dirt an inch thick. Here and there he noticed a cobbler's apron,\u003cbr\u003eawls, and some flat hammers; and there was a man sitting cross-legged\u003cbr\u003ein a corner darning a coarse linen shirt. But then, squatting on the\u003cbr\u003ehearthstones, staring directly at him in surprise, with golden hair\u003cbr\u003estrewn about her pallid face, a little girl turned her head towards\u003cbr\u003eGuillaume de Flavy. She might have been ten years old: her chest was\u003cbr\u003eflat, her limbs scrawny, her hands tiny; but her mouth was a woman's,\u003cbr\u003esliced across her pale face like a bloody gash.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070198497520,"sku":"2940013740785","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013740785_p0.jpg?v=1763589634","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013740785","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}