MATILDA OF ARGYLL

''Matilda of Argyll is a bold and dramatic adventure, a magnificent historical novel, an abundance of riches, ripped from the pages of Medieval History, seen through the eyes and told from the heart of those who lived through this epic period. Historian Sarah Chloe Burns reaches back in time to recap the blending of French and English royalty following William the Conqueror''s victory at the Battle of Hastings (1036 A.D.). Chapter one begins with a conversation which might have occurred between his granddaughter Matilda and her husband-Geoffrey Plantagenet-in Angers, France (1136 A.D.). The true story of this historic Matilda sets the backdrop for a dramatic tale which could have connected her bloodline to the future, fictional Matilda of Argyll. As Matilda Campbell''s story begins in1638, this high-spirited and intelligent nineteen-year-old Scot is unwilling to accept society''s rules and barriers regarding gender and class. Her penchant for independent thinking will take her far-eventually across the ocean to Jamestown, Virginia-but at what cost? There, she will witness race and class distinction of a manner she could never have imagined. Magistral.'' Steven Carter, author.