Karen Harper

The Queen's Governess (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'I could not fathom they were going to kill the queen. Nor could I bear to witness Anne Boleyn's beheading...'

As a favour to a doomed queen, Kat Ashley agrees to become governess and confidante to the young Elizabeth Tudor. Together they suffer bitter exile, assassination attempts, and imprisonment, barely escaping with their reputations and their lives intact. But when Elizabeth is eventually crowned, Kat continues to serve her, faithfully guarding all of the queen's secrets, even the one that could bring down the monarchy...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ebury Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446458648
• Artikelnr.: 39224259

Autorenporträt

Karen Harper is a former English teacher who taught literature and composition at Ohio State University, as well as at high school level. She has had a life-long interest in both the literature and the history of the Elizabethan period. As part of her classes she encouraged her students to put on an Elizabethan Festival each year which included performing Shakespeare, learning court dances, jousting, and always culminating in a (mock) beheading.