Book description
'I could not fathom they were going to kill the queen. Nor could I
bear to witness Anne Boleyn's beheading...'
As a favour to a doomed queen, Kat Ashley agrees to
become governess and confidante to the young Elizabeth Tudor. Together
they suffer bitter exile, assassination attempts, and imprisonment,
barely escaping with their reputations and their lives intact. But
when Elizabeth is eventually crowned, Kat continues to serve her,
faithfully guarding all of the queen's secrets, even the one that
could bring down the monarchy...
Karen Harper is a former English teacher who taught literature and
composition at Ohio State University, as well as at high school level.
She has had a life-long interest in both the literature and the history
of the Elizabethan period. As part of her classes she encouraged her
students to put on an Elizabethan Festival each year which included
performing Shakespeare, learning court dances, jousting, and always
culminating in a (mock) beheading.
