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The King's witch : a novel
- Title
- The King's witch : a novel / Tracy Borman.
- Author
- Borman, Tracy
- Publication
- New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-7534 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 442 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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 Scotland succeeds to the throne Frances is only too happy to stay at home. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism see 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.
- Series Statement
- Frances Gorges trilogy ; book 1
- Borman, Tracy. Frances Gorges trilogy ; book 1.
- Subjects
- Monarchy
- Great Britain
- Historical fiction
- Kings and rulers
- History
- Monarchy > Great Britain > History > 17th century > Fiction
- Great Britain > Kings and rulers > History > Fiction
- 1600-1699
- Stuart, House of > Fiction
- Great Britain > Court and courtiers > Fiction
- Healers > Fiction
- Gunpowder Plot (1605)
- FICTION / Historical
- Great Britain > History > James I, 1603-1625 > Fiction
- Women healers > Fiction
- Gunpowder Plot, 1605 > Fiction
- Fiction
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company"--Title page verso.
- "First in a trilogy"--dust jacket.
- Series information from goodreads.com
- Call Number
- JFE 18-7534
- ISBN
- 9780802127884
- 0802127886
- OCLC
- 1041192135
- Author
- Borman, Tracy, author.
- Title
- The King's witch : a novel / Tracy Borman.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018.
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Frances Gorges trilogy ; book 1Borman, Tracy. Frances Gorges trilogy ; book 1.
- Chronological Term
- 1600-1699
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-7534