medieval period, 1066-1485

Traces the history of Britain from the eleventh to the fourteenth century, with emphasis on the lives and relationships of the ruling class and the serfs and on the emergence of a new, third class-craftsmen, lawyers, doctors, and tradesmen.

While visiting London, Sue and her brother get separated from the tour group and find themselves trapped in a prison tower and transported back in time.

Rhiannon, a fourteen-year-old girl in twelfth-century England who lives on the bluff of Clodaghcombe with her healer mom and grandmother, enlists the aid of a handsome young monk, a mysterious French pirate, and a ghostly, little girl in an attempt to solve the murder of a stranger whose body was found close to home, and clear her friend and neighbor of suspicion.

Discusses the purpose, design, construction, and defense of medieval castles and describes the life of the inhabitants.