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The King's witch : a novel / Tracy Borman.

by Borman, Tracy.

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Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018.

Stuart, House of -- Fiction.

Kings and rulers -- Fiction.

Gunpowder Plot, 1605 -- Fiction.

Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625 -- Fiction.

Borman, Tracy. Frances Gorges historical trilogy ; 1.

9780802127884 (hc.)

1st Grove Atlantic hardcover ed.

442 p. ; 24 cm.

"First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company"--T.p. verso.

In March of 1603, as she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth of England, Frances Gorges dreams of her parents' country estate, where she learned to use flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer. When King James of Scotlant succeeds to the throne, Frances is only too happy to stay at home. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism sees witchcraft in many of the old customs -- punishable by death. Yet when her ambitious uncle forces Frances to return to the royal palace, having bought her a position as a lady in the bedchamber of the young Princess Elizabeth, she becomes a ready target for the twisted scheming of the Privy Seal, Lord Cecil. As a dark campaign to destroy both King and Parliament gathers pace, culminating in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Frances is surrounded by danger, finding happiness only with the King's precocious young daughter and with Tom Wintour, the one courtier she feels she can trust. But Wintour has a secret that, when revealed, places Frances in conflict with her royal charge and in fear for her own family.

Historical fiction.

Literary fiction.

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