The Vows of Snowshill Manor

In the snow-draped embrace of Snowshill, a Cotswold village where honey-colored stone and ancient oaks guard secrets as old as the hills, the winter of 1604 bore witness to a love that defied the chains of duty. Ann Parsons, heiress to a merchant’s ambition, and Anthony Palmer, a penniless dreamer with poetry in his soul, wove their forbidden romance in the shadows of Snowshill Manor, their vows sealed in a chamber marked by a cryptic Latin inscription: Amor et tussis non celantur, Love and a cough cannot be concealed. But secrets, like coughs, betray themselves, and their clandestine marriage sparked a scandal that drew the wrath of the Star Chamber, tearing them apart under the weight of betrayal and exile. Now, on snowy nights, the manor whispers their tale, its stones echoing with murmured vows and a restless cough, as if love itself haunts the frost-bound halls.