Synopses & Reviews
Young Elizabeth, half-sister of Queen Mary has a hazardous path ahead of her. Reports of her as a heretic, a rebel and a potential enemy with 'a spirit full of enchantment' have reached the queen's reluctant bridegroom, Prince of Spain. Elizabeth must advance warily towards her destiny, amid courtly machinations, running the gauntlet between Bloody Mary's jealousy and Philip's uneasy ardor...This is the final volume installment of the evocative trilogy charting young Elizabeth's precarious path to the throne.
Synopsis
Philip of Spain, unwilling bridegroom of Queen Mary, has been warned that her half-sister, the young Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn, was a heretic, a rebel and a potential enemy with 'a spirit full of enchantment'. Running the gauntlet between Bloody Mary's jealousy and morbid outbursts of hate, and Philip's uneasy ardour, the young Elizabeth warily advances towards her destiny.