"Lee Edgar - Princess 04 - Checkmate for a Princess" - читать интересную книгу автора (Edgar Lee)

Her mouth dropped open. 'SAS?'
'I don't suppose you knew and it certainly doesn't matter now. His mission was
a secret one which could have ended the Falklands conflict much sooner if he
had been able to reach his destination. Then that Exocet came out of the blue.
What a waste.'
They were silent for a long time as Suzette laid her head on the Admiral's arm
and remembered her father's smiling face and kindly ways. Who would have
thought what he really did for a living?
'Tell me about your friend. Marianne, isn't it?'
'Marianne is very French. You would hardly know we were cousins, would you?'
'Not at first glance. Your build is similar but not the colouring.'
'No. Marianne has kept the true de Bosvile hair and eyes whereas I have the
Blackman family looks.'
'Has the family always live around the south of France.'
'Good Heavens, no. The whole family is thoroughbred English.'
'English?'
'Most certainly. With the exception of a few small gaps, our family has been
traced right back to the sixth century.'
'The sixth century? Impossible.'
'Not at all. Marianne still has the original copy of the De Bosvile
Chronicles, started by Lady Mary Bosvile, Countess of Ramsden.'
A sly smirk came to his face.
Suzette frowned. 'You don't believe me, do you?'
'It does stretch the imagination. Why, most families cannot even trace their
ancestry back to the middle ages.'
'I have a friend in London who has access to all the computerised information.
I simply linked my own computer to hers and identified all the links. It took
almost two years, even for the computer to sift through it all, but I did it.
Cousin Marianne is a direct descendant of King Arthur of Camelot.'
'You jest, surely.'
'Not at all. The King's son was ├Жdred of York. That was on Lady Mary's side.
Lord Andrew was the son of Sir John Bosvile who's ancestry has been traced
back to Marchant de Bosvile who accompanied Duke William in 1066 and was
granted land in Yorkshire.'
'Sounds like quite an important family you share with your cousin.'
'Not really.' She leant closer. 'In truth, we are a family of rebels.'
'Rebels?'
'I'm afraid so. That's why you don't read much about us in history. King ├Жdred
and his twin sister, Princess ├Жdra of Camelot, fought against some of the more
unscrupulous members of the early Church and tended to be left out of the
historical records which were generally kept by the Church people themselves.
The twins hated the pomp and corruption which were beginning to creep into
Christianity at that time and tried their best to halt the rot. They failed,
of course. Despite all their hard work, William eventually invaded and Britain
became a kind of satellite of the Holy Roman Empire.'
'Britain became Norman.'
'Not all of it. It was a long time before the influence became felt in the
north and that is where Marchant de Bosvile was sent, to guard the northern
boundary with the Anglisc. Unfortunately, he was one of the many knights who
fell out with William over his attitudes towards the slavery of the native