As a dark campaign to destroy both King and Parliament gathers pace, culminating in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Frances is surrounded by danger, finding happiness only with the King’s precocious young daughter, and with Tom Wintour, the one courtier she feels she can trust. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism sees witchcraft in many of the old customs-punishable by death.īut when her ambitious uncle forcibly brings Frances to the royal palace, she is a ready target for the twisted scheming of the Privy Seal, Lord Cecil. She is happy to stay at home when King James of Scotland succeeds to the throne.
(P)2018 Audible, Inc.In March of 1603, as she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth of England, Frances Gorges dreams of her parents’ country estate, where she has learned to use flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company. But is he all that he seems?Īcclaimed as a brilliant historian, Tracy Borman proves with this thrilling debut novel that she is also a born storyteller. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism sees witchcraft in many of the old customs - punishable by death.īut when her ambitious uncle forcibly brings Frances to the royal palace, she is a ready target for the twisted scheming of the Privy Seal, Lord Cecil.
In March of 1603, as she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth of England, Frances Gorges dreams of her parents’ country estate, where she has learned to use flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer.
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