Traitor's Kiss by Pauline Francis

Traitor's Kiss by Pauline Francis

This is the captivating true story of the young Elizabeth I, as she struggles to survive the treacherous world of Tudor England. After the death of her father, Henry VIII, a young Elizabeth journeys to London to live with her father's widow, Katherine Parr, and her new husband, Thomas Seymour, brother-in-law to King Edward. Surrounded by malicious whisperings of her late mother's witchcraft, Elizabeth is desperate to escape suspicion and discover the truth about her mother. A young stranger asserting Anne's Boleyn's innocence sends her on search a that takes her on a dangerous midnight journey to Bedlam, the hospital for the insane, to meet her mother's former lady-in-waiting. This encounter changes the way she views her mother - and herself. Meanwhile, at home, Elizabeth's reputation is increasingly under threat, as her stepfather, Thomas Seymour makes unwanted advances toward her. Her stepmother witnesses a kiss and Elizabeth is sent back to Hertfordshire in disgrace. Here she falls seriously ill and rumours abound that she is hiding a pregnancy. When Thomas Seymour is arrested for treason in a plot to overthrow King Edward, Elizabeth is implicated by association.Now it is up to her to defend her integrity - and her life. ..From the author of the best-selling Raven Queen comes a new masterpiece of historical fiction.

A gripping story, written in the first person, which really gets the reader right inside the life of the future Queen Elizabeth I as she fights to keep herself safe through the treachery that is rife in Tudor EnglandNowhere seems safe for the young Elizabeth, as she seeks to find out the truth about her mother, Anne Boleyn. At all turns, it seems there is danger and she fights desperately to keep her integrity and preserve her reputation unscathed. The story is really well written and the reader is drawn into young Elizabeth's struggles in this compelling story. The historical background is authentic and it is interesting to see this earlier period in the Queen's life covered. * Parents in Touch *
Full of palace intrigue and shot through with dark magic, this is a thrilling story of a feisty young girl’s fight for survival. * Julia Eccleshare for LoveReading4Kids *
The dangers for the young princess at court are brilliantly captured in this nail-biting story of how the young Elizabeth keeps herself safe following the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn. Held captive and taunted with malicious rumours, Elizabeth tells of her imprisonment and of her fears of being killed for witchcraft following the rumours of her mother’s dark skills in enchanting Kind Henry VIII. Full of palace intrigue and shot through with dark magic, this is a thrilling story of a feisty young girl’s fight for survival. * Julia Eccleshare for LoveReading4Kids *
The Elizabeth Francis describes in Traitor’s Kiss is one we would recognize; proud, intelligent, brave and quick-tempered. The author not only captures her character but also what it must have been like to grow up a daughter of a beheaded Queen. Francis also brilliantly captures the Tudor world: its customs, lifestyle, smells, tastes and colours – she really does bring history alive. * School Librarian Journal (Vol. 59, No. 4) *
Traitor's Kiss by Pauline Francis, with its shades of Philippa Gregory or Jean Plaidy, tells the story of the teenaged Elizabeth I struggling with friendships, burgeoning sexuality, the ghost of her executed mother and the horror of having so few people to trust. * The Independent *

Pauline lives in Nottingham with her husband and three children, where her writing is fuelled by a diet of coffee and cakes.

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ISBN 13	9781409527411
ISBN 10	1409527417
Titel	Traitor's Kiss
Autor	Pauline Francis
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Usborne Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-07-01
Seitenanzahl	288
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