Queen Mary is dead
and Elizabeth is on the throne. Brendan Prescott has been living in Basel
with Walsingham who is teaching him to be a spy. Now it's time for
them to return to Elizabeth's court. Almost as soon as they arrive events take a perilous turn. Elizabeth is the target of a
poison attack in which Kate, Brendan's love, is almost the victim.
Brendan expects
Elizabeth to task him with finding the poisoner, but instead she
sends him on a secret mission to Vaughn Hall. Lady Parry, one of her
favorite ladies-in-waiting, is missing. Brendan fears that he is
riding into a trap, but his mission is to protect Elizabeth so he
goes with only the company of Shelton, his supposed father.
This is an action
packed and well researched historical novel. If you like stories of
Tudor England, you'll enjoy this book. It's the third book in The
Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles. I hadn't read the two preceding
books, but the author presented enough background information that it
wasn't hard to get into the story.
Brendan and Shelton
are likable characters. Brendan is believable as the POV character,
which is a nice change from so many female POV characters in
historical fiction. The setting is well done. You can feel you're in
Tudor England.
The history is
accurate, but since this is fiction, the author takes liberties which
make the facts into a fast paced novel with surprising twists.
I reviewed this book
for the Amazon Vine Program.
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