Beschreibung:
Mary Hooper begann zu schreiben, als ihre Kinder noch klein waren. Seitdem hat sie zahlreiche Kurzgeschichten für Zeitschriften und über dreißig Kinder- und Jugendbücher verfasst. Zudem gibt sie Kurse in Kreativem Schreiben. Mary Hooper lebt in Hampshire, England.
Lucy has been forced to run away from home as she fears for her safety from her drunken father. She is taken on as a maid at the house of Dr Dee, court magician, upon whom Elizabeth I relies heavily, even down to advising the date of her coronation.The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for intrigue . . . And she has more than enough to satisfy her: Lucy stumbles across a plot to assassinate the queen and has to find means to warn her . . .
Lucy has been forced to run away from home as she fears for her safety from her drunken father. She is taken on as a maid at the house of Dr Dee, court magician, upon whom Elizabeth I relies heavily, even down to advising the date of her coronation.The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for intrigue . . . And she has more than enough to satisfy her: Lucy stumbles across a plot to assassinate the queen and has to find means to warn her . . .