At the House of the Magician (24 page)

Lucy has been waiting to be given an assignment which
will assist the queen – and she’s anxious, too, to see
Tomas again. When she takes Beth and Merryl to the
frost fair on the Thames, she speaks to Tomas and gets
the news she’s been waiting for: she has been requested
to go to Court and watch closely one Mistress
Madeleine Pryor, who is suspected of being in league
with Elizabeth’s great rival: Mary, Queen of Scots.

This also means, of course, that Lucy must attend
various glittering occasions, mingle with the maids
of honour and, above all, try to keep her real
identity a secret …

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Text copyright © 2007 by Mary Hooper
Illustrations by Carol Lawson

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First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published in the United States of America in October 2010
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