num_pages: 2
description: Forced to marry her former tutor, Margaret of Ashbury, a wealthy widow, discovers that she has fallen in love with her husband, Gilbert de Vilers, whom she calls Gregory. Failed monk, reluctant scribe, and a poet, Gregory is taken prisoner by a French Count, an arch-fiend who takes exception to Gregory's critique of his dreadful poetry. Bent on rescuing Gregory, Margaret enlists her trusted friends. Mother Hilde, a midwife, and Brother Malachi, an alchemist, in her dangerous mission. Braving sinister castles, dark dungeons, and an evil enemy in the course of their quest, this unlikely trio of heroes achieve unimaginable victories in this lighthearted voyage through the darker reaches of history.
language: English
title: In Pursuit of the Green Lion
titlecomplete: In Pursuit of the Green Lion (Margaret of Ashbury, #2)
characters: Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster
genres: Historical, British Literature, Supernatural, Historical Romance, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, 14th Century, Romance
ratings_count: 1646
series: Margaret of Ashbury
publisher: Publishing Mills