To Shield the Queen

Loyal Servant. Devoted Friend. Perfect target.

Rumor has linked Queen Elizabeth I to her Master of Horse, Robin Dudley. And what rumors, at that: but for his ailing wife, Amy, Dudley would wed her majesty, the gossipmongers are whispering. To quell idle tongues, Elizabeth dispatches Ursula Blanchard to tend to the sick woman's needs. But not even Ursula can prevent the accident that takes Amy's life. Did she fall or was she pushed? Was Ursula a pawn of Dudley and the Queen?

Suddenly Ursula finds herself at the center of the scandal, trying to protect Elizabeth as she loses her heart to a Frenchman who may be flirting with sedition against her Queen. She can trust no one, neither her lover nor her monarch, as she sets out to find the truth in a glittering court that conceasls a wellspring of blood and lies.

Author: Fiona Buckley
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 04/04/2006
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.32w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780743489072

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 16
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 113991 / To Shield the Queen: A Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court: Introducing Ursula Blanchard

About the Author
Buckley, Fiona: - Fiona Buckley is the author of eight historical mystery novels featuring Ursula Blanchard: To Shield the Queen, The Doublet Affair, Queen's Ransom, To Ruin a Queen, Queen of Ambition, A Pawn for a Queen, The Fugitive Queen, and The Siren Queen. She lives in North Surrey, England.