Whisperer in London, Middlesex

Intrigue in Leicester Life: Sawney and the Lady’s Betrayal

A fragment recounts an intimate liaison with a man named Sawney after the husband’s death. They scheme to raise a child of high birth abroad, while leveraging influence at the English court and in diplomacy with France, culminating in a dishonorable peace. The tale paints Sawney as cunning and ambitious, seeking princely status through deceit.