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The king's witch, a novel, Tracy Borman

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The king's witch, a novel, Tracy Borman

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The king's witch

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1043669890

Responsibility statement

Tracy Borman

Sub title

a novel

Summary

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. She is happy to stay at home when King James of Scotland succeeds to the throne. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism sees witchcraft in many of the old customspunishable by death. But 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. 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. But is he all that he seems? --Amazon.com

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