Book description
London, 1583.
When young, aspiring playwright William Shakespeare encounters
Lucy Morgan, one of Queen Elizabeth I's ladies-in-waiting,
the two fall passionately in love. He declares Lucy the
inspiration for his work, but what secret is Will hiding from
his muse?
Meanwhile, Lucy has her own secret - and one that could destroy her
world if exposed. No longer the chaste maid so valued by
the Virgin Queen, she also bore witness to the clandestine
wedding of Lettice Knollys and Robert Dudley, a match forbidden
by the monarch.
England is in peril. Queen Elizabeth's health is
deteriorating, her throne under siege from Catholic plotters and
threats of war with Spain. Faced with deciding the fate of her
long-term prisoner, Mary, Queen of Scots, she needs a trusted circle
of advisors around her now more than ever. But who can she turn to
when those closest to her have proved disloyal?
And how secure is Lucy's position at court, now that she has learned
the dangerous art of keeping secrets?
While studying Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights at Oxford
University, Victoria Lamb had a desire to write a series of
novels about Shakespeare's 'Dark Lady'. Now a busy mother of five, she
has finally achieved that ambition. Along the way, she has published
five books of poetry under the name Jane Holland and edited the arts
journal Horizon Review. She is also the author of a series of
Tudor novels for teens. Victoria lives in a three-hundred-year old
farmhouse on the fringe of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, with her husband and
young family. She is currently working on her third novel featuring
Lucy Morgan.
You can follow Victoria Lamb on Twitter @VictoriaLamb1.
