Lies, Damned Lies, and History

Summary

'' 'I've done some stupid things in my time. I've been reckless. I've broken a few rules. But never before have I ruined so many lives or left such a trail of destruction behind me.'  As Max would be the first to admit, she's never been one for rules. They tend to happen to other people. But this time she's gone too far and everyone is paying the price. Grounded until the end of time, how can she ever put things right?''

Spoiler Plot Summary for Lies, Damned Lies, and History (LDL&H)
 * Jump to coronation of George Augustus Frederick to George IV and the distressful attempts of his legal wife, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel to crash the proceedings, 19 July 1821.
 * Jump to Caer Guorthigirn, a British hill fort near the Welsh border, mid-6th century, to ascertain whether the fort was built for defense or other reasons. Sees Arthur present a sword to a mysterious figure in a cave.
 * Thirsk finds, and retrieves sword from cave
 * Three terrible things happen in the vicinity of the sword-cave, which is near Roberts' family farm. Obviously, the sword has to do with the bounty of the land.
 * Markham, Sands, Roberts, and Peterson steal the sword, and face retribution. Sands and Roberts quit; Max, Peterson, and Markham are demoted
 * Thirsk installed Halcombe and his assistant Dottle to oversee jumps
 * Max finds a mysterious plan for a jump (she hints that it must be from Leon) to rescue King John's treasure that was lost in the wash
 * Jump to 1216 Oct 12 to rescue King John's treasure, but they're in a flood instead
 * Jump to the day before, and rescue treasure
 * Jump to the same day, at St. Mary's, to bury treasure.
 * Back at St. Mary's, on Halcombe's first day in charge, he abandons some historians
 * Max jumps back to Carnarvon Castle,  Caernarfon, Gwynedd, north-west Wales, 1284, to save them
 * She's offered her old job back, but doesn't take it, since it would only be a couple weeks before her maternity leave
 * Her "final" jump is Stonehenge, where she's almost killed in a snowstorm. A much older Leon rescues her, saying "I've missed you"
 * As she's leaving St. Mary's, Clive Ronan kidnaps her and jumps to some unknown, desolate place
 * As she starts to give birth, the Time Police save her
 * Max gives birth in between times, and they name the child "Matthew" after Matthew Ellis the Time Police officer.
 * Peterson goes into Helen's office to pop the question
 * Markham says that he and Hunter have been married for years