![]() However, there is a great difference in writing non-fiction and fiction and not every author can make the jump. Indeed, her book on Matilda of Flanders, queen of William the Conqueror, was very helpful in my research for my own books, H eroines of the Medieval Worldand Silk and the Sword: the Women of the Norman Conquest. I have often read and enjoyed Tracy Borman’s non-fiction works. I was lucky enough to receive a copy of Tracy Borman’s first novel, The King’s Witch through NetGalley. Surrounded by mortal dangers, Frances finds happiness only with the precocious young Princess Elizabeth, and Tom Wintour, the one courtier she can trust. ![]() So when her ambitious uncle forcibly brings Frances to court, she is trapped in a claustrophobic world of intrigue and betrayal – and a ready target for the twisted scheming of Lord Cecil, the King’s first minister. His court may be shockingly decadent, but James’s religion is Puritan, intolerant of all the old ways he has already put to death many men for treason and women for witchcraft. ![]() ![]() As she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth, Frances Gorges longs for the fields and ancient woods of her parents’ Hampshire estate, where she has learned to use the flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer.įrances is happy to stay in her beloved countryside when the new King arrives from Scotland, bringing change, fear and suspicion. ![]()
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