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|title=The Agincourt Bride

|sort=Agincourt Bride

|date=January 2013

|isbn=978-0007446971

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Baker's daughter Guillaumette Dupain, aged 15, mourns for her still-born baby but her tragedy becomes others' gain. Young Mette is sent to the Hotel de San Pol, home of the French royal family to become wet nurse to the latest child produced by the sickly Charles VI and his wife, Isabella of Bavaria. The infant is Catherine de Valois; destined to be the mother of an English dynasty. But first she must live long enough to marry an English king and being a 15th century royal is a dangerous existence when your greatest enemies are in your own family.

This is definitely Mette's story as she and her family vividly guide us around a world where the penniless royal court relies on kudos for the provision of necessities and a king who plays with ships in the bath. If you, like me, end up looking forward to more of Mette then your wish will be fulfilled. ''The Tudor Bride'', Joanna Hickson's second Catherine book, is due out autumn 2013 with the promise of more archers, one being perhaps a little more special than the rest.

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