The captivating debut children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley is an exciting and charming glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court. I would often wonder about my future husband. A knight? A duke? A stable boy?Of course the last was just a wicked fancy.Eliza Rose Camperdowne is young and headstrong, but she knows her duty well. As the only daughter of a noble family, she must one day marry a man who is very grand and very rich.But Fate has other plans. When Eliza becomes a maid of honour, she's drawn into the thrilling, treacherous court of Henry the Eighth ...Is her glamorous cousin Katherine Howard a friend or a rival? And can a girl choose her own destiny in a world ruled by men?
Eliza Rose
Thrown out of her home by her stepmother in 1670, fifteen-year-old Eliza Rose becomes a companion to Nell Gwyn, a mistress of Charles II, and learns a surprising truth about her parentage.
... Eliza gasped. Nell nodded. 'And he's only eighteen.' She gave a shrug. 'It would be nice to think that this time might be different, but I wouldn't wager my petticoats on it.' She smiled wryly ... Eliza Rose?' the figure piped, and Eliza saw.
Originally published as Eliza Rose by Bloomsbury Publishing (U.K.) in 2016.
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