The new novel from bestselling historical novelist Suzannah Dunn
Deeply-divided England rejoices as Mary Tudor, sweeps to power on a tide of populist goodwill. But the people should have been careful what they wished for: Mary's mission is to turn back time to an England of old. Within weeks there is widespread rebellion in favour of her half-sister, princess Elizabeth, who is everything that Mary isn't.
Orphan Alys Twist has come a long way - further than she ever dared hope - to work as a laundress at the royal Wardrobe. There she meets Bel, daughter of the Queen's tailor, and seems to have arrived at her own happy ending.
But in a world where appearance is everything, a laundress is in a unique position to see the truth of people's lives. Pressed into service as a spy in the errant princess's household, Alys herself must make a dangerous choice.when the princess is arrested.
'A beautifully written portrait of the familiar Tudor court from an unfamiliar angle' The Times
'Suzannah Dunn weaves suspense, historical detail and romance brilliantly into this tale' Woman's Weekly
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Suzannah is known for her painstaking detail of the period and for her research and this does not disappoint
