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The Doublet Affair (Ursula Blanchard, Bk 2)
The Doublet Affair - Ursula Blanchard, Bk 2
Author: Fiona Buckley
Torn between her duties and her personal life, Ursula has asked permission from the Queen to leave the court for a time. But Queen Elizabeth will only grant that request if Ursula will first assist Sir William Cecil in his investigation of a troubling plot against Elizabeth -- one that could place her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, on the throne ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780671015329
ISBN-10: 067101532X
Publication Date: 12/1/1999
Pages: 416
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3.8 stars, based on 40 ratings
Publisher: Pocket
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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any history fan of queen elizabeth 1 and medieval england will enjoy this mystery of ursula blanchard series. fiona buckley is a detailed writer in this series of mysteries featuring ursula. if you have read any other books you will enjoy this one.
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The first in a series about a widowed lady-in-waiting to the first Queen Elizabeth who investigates murders for the queen.
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2nd in series! A very nice book, quick read.
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Ursula Blanchard, a widowed young mother and lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I, deals with mystery and intrigue at court.
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Just found this series and love it! The history, the story line everything is facisnating and the mystery too!!!
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An intriguing continuation, Book 2 in the series about Ursula Blanchard, a lady of the presence chamber to Queen Elizabeth I who also takes on 'extra' duties as a spy.
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From the front/back flaps: Young Ursula knows it can be treacherous easing herself into the petty foibles at court, but now, having once saved the Virgin Queen from political disaster, she faces an even greater challenge. Some of Ursula's old acquaintances may be plotting to overthrow Elizabeth in favor of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the re-establishment of the Catholic faith. Ardent, some would say fanatical, believers will stop at nothing--smuggling, counterfeiting, civil war, perhaps murder--to further their cause. One of Elizabeth's spies is already dead and the clues to his death point in a troubling direction.

Most disturbing to Ursula is whether her old friends Ann and Leonard Mason could be mixed up in a treasonous plot against the Queen. There have been rumors that all is not as it should be with the Masons. Secretary of state Sir William Cecil needs his own spy in the Mason home and Ursula is the obvious choice. She knows the family, she can justify her visit by helping to care for the Masons' five children, and she can perhaps use her newly acquired skill at lockpicking to uncover some surprising truths.

Torn between her devotion to Elizabeth, still a young woman like herself, and her longing to be reunited with her exiled Catholic husband, Matthew, in France, Ursula makes a difficult bargain that balances personal happiness against duty to Queen and country. Her journey takes her into dangerous territory, eventually into the underground cells of the Tower of London itself. Whatever happens, she will never again be quite as trusting or quite as secure.


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