Review
'The romance, the danger and the intrigue of Elizabethan England are fully realised in this novel and provide a magical setting.' (The School Librarian )
'Kate Pennington has written this book as beautifully as the way Mary embroiders. The careful texture of the words . . . creates a moving and realistic picture every reader will love.' (the Historical Novels Review )
'Carefully researched and written with a focus on unknown commoners whose lives are touched by famous members of the nobility. . . . The plot, with its conversations in dark corners and flashing blades, its court pageantry and extravagence - drives along compellingly.' (Books For Keeps )
'Kate Pennington has written this book as beautifully as the way Mary embroiders. The careful texture of the words . . . creates a moving and realistic picture every reader will love.' (the Historical Novels Review )
'Carefully researched and written with a focus on unknown commoners whose lives are touched by famous members of the nobility. . . . The plot, with its conversations in dark corners and flashing blades, its court pageantry and extravagence - drives along compellingly.' (Books For Keeps )
Product Description
Mary Devereux and her father, John, have been appointed to embroider a precious cloak for Walter Raleigh, ready for an invitation to Queen Elizabeth I's court. Each stitch carries Mary's dreams and longings as she gets to know the world of high society. Silently she observes gossip, ambition, dark secrets and high vanity and - on one fateful day - murder.
Now Mary is being watched - a dangerous traitor suspects she knows more than she should...
Now Mary is being watched - a dangerous traitor suspects she knows more than she should...
