The Tangled Skein
by Emma Orczy
In The Tangled Skein, Baroness Orchi doesn't paint Queen Mary as black as is usually depicted. Indeed, Mary is portrayed as a woman who is passionately loving enough to be almost beautiful, with strong emotions, always waving justice. The entanglement of the skewer is due to Mary's positive love for Robert d'Esclad, the fifth Duke of Wessex, with whom the people of England wanted to become the king consortium. He is the embodiment of all chivalry and every virtue that is precious to the heart of an Englishman. For now, he is free, but apart from the deep respect and loyalty to his queen, he has no other feelings, and the idea of marrying her only for political reasons is driving him. At the same time, he is half engaged to Lady Ursula Glynde, whom he has not seen since childhood, but it is not mandatory. Wessex returns to the idea that his wife attacked him in any way and deliberately avoids the girl he does not know, helped and provoked by the queen, who is jealously trying to protect him from being a victim of Ursula's undoubted hobbies. If we add to this the powerful trio of Spain's Cardinal Moreno and Philip II, the skewer is just mixed. (source: Wikipedia)
