Back in those days, a woman healer could easily be considered a witch under the right circumstances. You see, the kind was obsessed with religion and witch hunting. However, when the new king, James I (VI), comes to the throne he does not share the same warm feelings for the Gorges family and does not appreciate Frances skills. Her family was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and she aided the old Queen to die peacefully. She was taught the wonders of herbs by the pastor of her hometown, Longford and she used her talents to help the ones that were in need.
She is allowed by her loving parents to grow as an independent woman and to cultivate her skills as a healer. In my opinion, she did a wonderful job on that account.įrances Gorges is a young noble women living in 1603 England. The challenge with her first novel was to prove that she can also be a good writer of fiction. Tracy Borman is already an accomplished historian.
But is he all that he seems?Īcclaimed as a brilliant historian, Tracy Borman proves with this thrilling debut novel that she is also a born storyteller. As a dark campaign to destroy both King and Parliament gathers pace, culminating in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Frances is surrounded by danger, finding happiness only with the King’s precocious young daughter, and with Tom Wintour, the one courtier she feels she can trust. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism sees witchcraft in many of the old customs-punishable by death.īut when her ambitious uncle forcibly brings Frances to the royal palace, she is a ready target for the twisted scheming of the Privy Seal, Lord Cecil. She is happy to stay at home when King James of Scotland succeeds to the throne. In March of 1603, as she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth of England, Frances Gorges dreams of her parents’ country estate, where she has learned to use flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer.
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