Episode 10: Interlock
Seventeen years later Isabelle visits Drayton Manor and is greeted by Bardolfe. All parties are reconciled. In a final act of love, Cynewyn brings Le Roi to visit his master for the last time.
Thurstan negotiates Cynewyn’s release, William confronts Odo, and Thurstan asks Cynewyn to be his wife. On the ride back to Drayton, the lovers quarrel, then are unexpectedly attacked.
Read MoreAelfgyva and Vital wed and, Bardolfe begs Cynewyn to abandon her risky plan. At the feast and big reveal of the Bayeux Tenture, all hell breaks loose when Cynewyn’s revenge is discovered. Odo denies any misconduct, and William threatens maiming as punishment for slander against his brother.
Read MoreIn the aftermath of Odo’s assault, Bardolfe, one of William’s knights, pledges undying protection to Cynewyn. Her cousin Morcar nearly loses his life and Aelfgyva reveals that she and Captain Vital are to wed. Turold leaves on a secret mission for the Queen and Thurstan returns to England, at last.
Read MoreAelfgyva, a sweet Saxon seamstress, suffers from sexual assault by King William’s brother Bishop Odo in the cell next to Cynewyn . Aelfgyva and Captain Vital connect while Turold, dwarf jongleur, entertainer and spy for Queen Edith, arrives and lightens the mood. Bishop Odo has evil intentions.
Read MoreAt the Abbey, Cynewyn struggles to create the images for the Bayeux Tenture while Thurstan wanders across Europe, Russia and Turkey looking for hunting birds. At the Emperor’s palace in Constantinople, Thurstan finally faces his past and is tempted to join the Varangian Guard.
Read MoreCynewyn loses her baby in a tragic accident caused by Thurstan. At the same time, Isabelle is safely delivered of her son, who she rejects and refuses to care for. Before she runs away to her Abbey in Normandy, Isabelle arranges for Cynewyn to leave Drayton for the court of Queen Edith.
Read MoreCynewyn successfully pleads for food for her people, who are slowly starving because of the predations of Thurstan’s men. Thurstan’s wife Isabelle, who is pregnant, arrives from Normandy but is deeply unhappy to be in England. Then, tragedy strikes.
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