Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston 2005
With gratitude to Rebecca,
And also to the wonderful Georgette Heyer
Copyright © 2005 by Gerald Morris
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Morris, Gerald, 1963-
The lioness and her knight / written by Gerald Morris.
p. cm.
Summary: Headstrong sixteen-year-old Lady Luneta and her distant cousin, Sir Ywain,
travel to Camelot and beyond finding more adventure than they hoped for until, with the
help of a fool, Luneta discovers what she really wants from life.
ISBN 0-618-50772-8
[1. Knights and knighthood—Fiction. 2. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction.
3. Self-actualization (Psychology)—Fiction. 4. Middle Ages—Fiction.
5. Great Britain—History—To 1066—Fiction. 6. Humorous stories.] I. Title.
PZ7.M82785Kn 2005 [Fic]—dc22 2004015782
ISBN-13: 978-0-618-50772-6
Manufactured in the United States of America
MP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
II THE STORM STONE 28
III THE FAERY RING 50
IV THE WOOING OF LADY LAUDINE 83
V LAUDINE THE LAUGHLESS 114
VI THE MADNESS OF YWAIN 146
VII IN THE OTHER WORLD 174
VIII THE KNIGHT OF THE LION 202
IX QUESTING 228
X THE LAND OF DIRADVENT 250
XI THE MIGHTIEST BATTLE EVER 282
XII THE LIONESS AND HER KNIGHT 313
AUTHOR'S NOTE 341