Deze historische fantasyreeks dompelt lezers onder in het Elizabethaanse Engeland, volgend een jonge dienstmeid genaamd Lucy die struikelt in de raadselachtige wereld van Dr. Dee, de eigen magiër van de Koningin. Terwijl ze verstrikt raakt in zijn mysterieuze experimenten en ceremonies, ontdekt Lucy een gevaarlijk geheim dat de troon zelf bedreigt. Ze wordt meegesleept in een web van spionage en oude magie, waar haar moed en snelle denken cruciaal worden. Dit boeiende verhaal verkent thema's als ambitie, verborgen kennis en de gevaarlijke kruising van het alledaagse en het mystieke.
A poor runaway during the Elizabethan period, Lucy does not have many options. Her luck turns around when she is taken on as a maid in the household of Dr. Dee, a real-life figure who was court magician to Queen Elizabeth I.The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for intrigue. So when she stumbled across a plot to assassinate the queen, Lucy must find means to warn her . . . before it's too late.
Lucy has become a firm fixture in the household of Dr Dee, a real-life figure who was court magician to Queen Elizabeth 1. Lucy, in return for saving the queen's life, has been told that she is to work as a spy for Her Grace and that she is to remain with the Dee family and await further instruction ...And then Lucy hears unexplained cries in the Dee house, and finds a young girl imprisoned there. What is Dr Dee doing? Lucy means to find out. This is a thrilling historical story, full of intrigue and royal plots and counter-plots, from the acclaimed Mary Hooper.
The concluding volume to the two popular novels by Mary Hooper, At the House of the Magician and By Royal Command