Book description
A PUZZLE ON THE STAGE!
A new play: Intrigue, is just about to open in Whitehall. The
play includes a very clever, convincing death scene, and Queen
Elizabeth is desperate to see it before the rest of her country. But
when the Queen and her court go to watch, the death scene is far too
convincing - in fact, it's real! Richard Fitzgrey is murdered in front
of the Queen!
Leaf through the pages of the daybooke of Lady Grace, favourite Maid
of Honour of Queen Elizabeth I, and enter a theatrical world full of
mystery . . .
Lady Grace Cavendish was a Maid of Honour at the court of Queen
Elizabeth, She became a ward of court after both her parents were
tragically killed in the service of the Queen. Her daybooks, written for
her own pleasure, have now reached a wide audience.