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The Devil’s Slave
by Tracy Borman
Book 2 in the The King’s Witch Trilogy series.
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In the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot, Frances Gorges carries the child of the executed conspirator Thomas Wintour. Marriage to Sir Thomas Tyringham gives her son a name and offers the appearance of safety, but the protection is fragile. When Frances is forced back into royal service, she enters a court where Catholics remain under suspicion and every concealed loyalty can be treated as treason.
Robert Cecil continues to regard Frances as a threat, while James I’s fear of conspiracy intensifies around his household and heirs. Walter Raleigh becomes an uncertain ally as Frances tries to protect her child, her husband and the secrets on which their survival depends. The second novel examines the personal consequences of the failed plot through religious persecution, divided identity and the dangerous politics of Jacobean patronage.
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