![]() ![]() ![]() King James is now on the throne, a dramatic change for England. The book follows Frances Gorges, an expert in healing and herbs. The King’s Witch opens with poor old Elizabeth I, in her dying moments. ![]() The new release stand was full on release day, here on the other side of the world, a rare occasion for the books I tend to review. I did not angle for a review copy, instead I went to a store and purchased her first novel myself. Surrounded by mortal dangers, Frances finds happiness only with the precocious young Princess Elizabeth, and Tom Wintour, the one courtier she can trust. So when her ambitious uncle forcibly brings Frances to court, she is trapped in a claustrophobic world of intrigue and betrayal – and a ready target for the twisted scheming of Lord Cecil, the King’s first minister. ![]() His court may be shockingly decadent, but James’s religion is Puritan, intolerant of all the old ways he has already put to death many men for treason and women for witchcraft. As she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth, Frances Gorges longs for the fields and ancient woods of her parents’ Hampshire estate, where she has learned to use the flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer.įrances is happy to stay in her beloved countryside when the new King arrives from Scotland, bringing change, fear and suspicion. ![]()
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