Esta serie de fantasía histórica sumerge a los lectores en la Inglaterra isabelina, siguiendo a una joven sirvienta llamada Lucy que tropieza con el enigmático mundo del Dr. Dee, el propio mago de la Reina. Al verse envuelta en sus misteriosos experimentos y ceremonias, Lucy descubre un peligroso secreto que amenaza al propio trono. Se ve arrastrada a una red de espionaje y magia antigua, donde su coraje y rapidez de pensamiento son cruciales. Esta cautivadora narrativa explora temas de ambición, conocimiento oculto y la peligrosa intersección de lo mundano y lo místico.
A poor runaway during the Elizabethan period, Lucy does not have many options. Her luck turns around when she is taken on as a maid in the household of Dr. Dee, a real-life figure who was court magician to Queen Elizabeth I.The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for intrigue. So when she stumbled across a plot to assassinate the queen, Lucy must find means to warn her . . . before it's too late.
Lucy has become a firm fixture in the household of Dr Dee, a real-life figure who was court magician to Queen Elizabeth 1. Lucy, in return for saving the queen's life, has been told that she is to work as a spy for Her Grace and that she is to remain with the Dee family and await further instruction ...And then Lucy hears unexplained cries in the Dee house, and finds a young girl imprisoned there. What is Dr Dee doing? Lucy means to find out. This is a thrilling historical story, full of intrigue and royal plots and counter-plots, from the acclaimed Mary Hooper.
The concluding volume to the two popular novels by Mary Hooper, At the House of the Magician and By Royal Command