Not historical as this installment really did not deal so much w/ Queen Elizabeth as I would have liked
Queen Elizabeth is still entertaining a marriage to Francis d'Anjou Duke Alencon and once again calls her 1/2 sister Ursula Stannard to court.
Since the death of Ursula's husband, leaving her a wealthy woman, there are no end of suitors attempting to win her hand in marriage (as well as her property). When the book opens, Ursula is being accosted by Master Woodley, proclaiming his undying love & proposing for a 2nd time... when Ursula's manservant, Brockley intervenes.
Returning to her home Hawksmoore, Ursula begins the process of hiring new grooms for her Stud farm & a tutor for her son, Harry. The tutor she hires, ends up being Brockley's son from his first marriage.
When Harry is kidnapped, the family sets out to find him, but Ursula herself is set upon & Kidnapped as well...
Somewhere in between all of this, Ursula is asked by Elizabeth to poison Mary Stuart, which Ursula is unable to do (hence the title)...
The book was predictable and it was obvious who the kidnappers were... I did not like the ending at all, for there was no justice for one of the kidnappers.... Ursula just let him go, which made me take off stars!
The Reluctant Assassin, Fiona Buckley
★
DISCLAIMER
Not historical as this installment really did not deal so much w/ Queen Elizabeth as I would have liked
Queen Elizabeth is still entertaining a marriage to Francis d'Anjou Duke Alencon and once again calls her 1/2 sister Ursula Stannard to court.
Since the death of Ursula's husband, leaving her a wealthy woman, there are no end of suitors attempting to win her hand in marriage (as well as her property). When the book opens, Ursula is being accosted by Master Woodley, proclaiming his undying love & proposing for a 2nd time... when Ursula's manservant, Brockley intervenes.
Returning to her home Hawksmoore, Ursula begins the process of hiring new grooms for her Stud farm & a tutor for her son, Harry. The tutor she hires, ends up being Brockley's son from his first marriage.
When Harry is kidnapped, the family sets out to find him, but Ursula herself is set upon & Kidnapped as well...
Somewhere in between all of this, Ursula is asked by Elizabeth to poison Mary Stuart, which Ursula is unable to do (hence the title)...
The book was predictable and it was obvious who the kidnappers were... I did not like the ending at all, for there was no justice for one of the kidnappers.... Ursula just let him go, which made me take off stars!