A little girl rescued from a wreck is raised by a Hallamshire family who serve the Earl of Shrewsbury, keeper of the captive Mary, Queen of Scots. As the girl grows up within the Queen’s long imprisonment, the secret of her birth binds her to Mary’s fortunes and to the conspiracies, Babington’s among them, that gathered around her.
A thoughtful historical novel built on a real rumour, from the most widely read Victorian writer of family fiction. Download the free EPUB.