The Fugitive Queen
 

The Fugitive Queen

by Fiona Buckley

It is 1568, three years since Ursula Blanchard exchanged her work as a spy in the service of her half sister, Queen Elizabeth, for the relative calm of married life. But when Elizabeth summons her, loyal Ursula senses there is more to her seemingly benign request than meets the eye. She is to pluck Penelope Mason, her inappropriately flirtatious protégé, from court and find the disgraced girl a... (more)

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  • civilgrrl
    • Rated 2 stars

    Ursula is now Mistress Stannard and is pulled back into a web of intrigue when her ward, Pen, is tripped up into some court intrigue. Ursula must take her to the north to settle her onto her newly acquired land and married off. Oh - and Ursula should make a side trip to find out if Queen Mary is really guilty of the crime she was accused of.

    This book was okay. I found it read very similar to the previous book. Mary Stuart played a part in both books. A forced marriage by kidnap was in both novels.

    I don't know. I'll read the last book in the series. I'm starting to sour a little on the series as the story lines seem to run together.

    civilgrrl wrote this review Monday, October 29 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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