In 1548 four little girls, all called Mary, set sail from Scotland for France. Five years old, they are already primed for the work of their lifetime - to serve another little girl called Mary.
Mary, Queen of Scots.
I should begin this review with a confession, which is that my interest in Sarah Gristwood’s books is really in her biographies and other non-fiction. This is the first novel of hers that I have read. "The...
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