It is a story of civil war and border raids, scheming aristorcrats and brawling villagers, daring escapes across the moors and thundering descents down steep cliffs to the ocean. Red Adam's Lady is a boisterous, bawdy tale of wild adventure, set against the constant dangers of medieval England. Then, to the astonishment of all, he marries her. Though she fends him off, keeping her virginity, he has sullied her honor. On one of his nights of drunken revelry he abducts Julitta. Red Adam is the lord of Brentborough castle-young, impetuous, scandalous, a twelfth-century hell raiser. And her liege, whom she despises, is intent on rape. To anyone not familiar with this wonderful story, I heartily recommend downloading the Kindle version but do not waste your time with the audiobook - not unless the recording undergoes a major edit at some time in the future.The fair Lady Julitta has a problem. This is an excellent adventure/suspense/romance novel, and deserves a MUCH more professional narration. DID NOBODY PROOF THIS RECORDING? The narrator was so bad that I became distracted, paying more attention to her mispronunciations than to the story itself. Not only is the narrator unfamiliar with the proper pronunciation of Norman (French) words and common medieval terms (such as clothing, food, activities), but she is even given to mispronounce commonly-used modern English words.

I have been greatly disappointed, though, with the quality of the narration. I was SO excited and impatient to download my Kindle copy of this book earlier this year, and was equally pleased to find an Audible version available. I have loved this story and enjoyed re-reading it for over 20 years. Long out of print though highly acclaimed, Red Adam's Lady is a true classic of historical fiction along the lines of Anya Seton's Katherine and Sharon Kay Penman's Here Be Dragons. And the love story is an unusual one since Julitta won't let Adam get closer than the length of her stiletto. Its vivid details give the listener a fascinating and realistic view of life in a medieval castle and village. It is a story of civil war and border raids, scheming aristocrats and brawling villagers, daring escapes across the moors, and thundering descents down steep cliffs to the ocean. Then to the astonishment of all, he marries her. On one of his night of drunken revelry, he abducts Julitta. Red Adam is the lord of Brentborough castle - young, impetuous, scandalous, a 12th-century hell raiser.

Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram