Description
Remember, remember, the fifth of November…
1605: Anne Catesby fears for her family. Her son, the darkly charismatic Robert, is secretly plotting to kill the King, placing his wife and child in grave danger. Anne must make a terrible choice: betray her only child, or risk her family’s future.
Present day: When her dreams of becoming a musician are shattered, Lucy takes refuge in her family’s ancestral home in Oxfordshire. Everyone knows it was originally home to Robert Catesby, the gunpowder plotter. As Lucy spends more time in the beautiful winter garden that Robert had made, she starts to have strange visions of a woman in Tudor dress, terrified and facing a heartbreaking dilemma.
As Lucy and Anne’s stories converge, a shared secret that has echoed through the centuries separating them, will change Lucy’s life forever…
Review
Absolutely fantastic!
I read The Last Daughter by Nicola Cornick last year and knew I’d have to read this too. I was hooked from the start and couldn’t read fast enough. Nicola Cornick tells dual timeline stories superbly, really getting in depth with the characters and is able to make them equally relatable whether they are set in present day or in the past. I can find no fault, in fact I revise my initial 4 stars to 5 stars. Definitely one of my new favourite authors. If you are looking for a fascinating, emotional, page-turner of a book, this is it!
