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The Girl in the Mirror
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Jeanne is a French Protestant refugee whose survival in England depends on continuing the male disguise adopted during her flight from the Wars of Religion. Working as a clerk in Robert Cecil’s household gives her access to the paperwork and whispered intelligence of Elizabeth I’s final years, but it also places her close to men who would destroy her if her identity were exposed.
The rise and fall of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, draws Jeanne into a contest between personal loyalty and state security. As Essex moves towards rebellion in 1601, she must decide what information to conceal, whom to trust and whether a life built on disguise can ever become her own. The novel combines court intrigue with the experience of exile, gender constraint and the dangerous uncertainty surrounding the Tudor succession.
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