An epic love story set in the period of Music and Silence, for
readers of Rose Tremain and Philippa Gregory. 1639. Zeal Beester,
mistress of the rolling Hampshire estate of Hawkridge, is pregnant,
unwed, and the King has banished her lover to the New World. The
Puritan Praise-God Gifford will have her burnt at the stake for
depravity. To save herself and the child, Zeal becomes the wife of
Philip Wentworth, an ageing soldier and adventurer. But Philip's
extraordinary tales of El Dorado only remind her of her exiled
lover. As the chaos of Civil War approaches, Zeal begins to rebuild
Hawkridge House as the Memory Palace and the secret map of her
heart. Part maze, part theatre, part great country house, it
enrages the Puritans and inspires in one twisted soul a hatred and
envy that only death will satisfy. Should the King be killed,
Zeal's lover may return only to find Zeal and the child in their
graves...
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