Lady of the Castle

Lady of the Castle

Rachel Elwiss Joyce’s Lady of the Castle is an expansive work of historical fiction centered on Nicola de la Haye, the hereditary constable of Lincoln Castle, during the political and religious upheavals of late twelfth-century England. Although it’s the second novel in a series, the book is structured to stand alone, establishing Nicola’s unusual position as a landholder, military authority, wife, and mother in a society that expects women to s…