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SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 'What a
ride!' India Knight, Sunday Times Summer reads 'Thrilling... a
sumptuous feast of plotting and intrigue' Mail on Sunday 'A
complete joy' Bettany Hughes 'Gloriously immersive' Guardian
------------------------------------------------- Frances Howard
has beauty and a powerful family - and is the most unhappy creature
in the world. Anne Turner has wit and talent - but no stage on
which to display them. Little stands between her and the abyss of
destitution. When these two very different women meet in strange
circumstances, a powerful friendship is sparked. Frankie sweeps
Anne into a world of splendour that exceeds all she imagined: a
Court whose foreign king is a stranger to his own subjects; where
ancient families fight for power, and where the sovereign's
favourite may rise and rise - so long as he remains in favour. Anne
and Frankie dare to seek a little happiness for themselves in this
extravagant, savage hunting ground. But as they gain notice, they
also gain enemies; what began as a search for love and safety leads
to desperate acts that could cost them everything. Based on the
true scandal that rocked the court of James I, A Net for Small
Fishes is the most gripping novel you'll read this year: an
exhilarating dive into the pitch-dark waters of the Jacobean court.
Cess works caring for the chickens at Montacute House but on her
thirteenth birthday everything changes. She finds a precious locket
hidden in the chicken coop and is convinced someone has placed it
there for her to find. But the day is overshadowed by fear as a
boy's body is found by the river, and then when William disappears,
Cess is accused by the villagers of bewitching her best friend.
Cess is determined to find William and prove the villagers wrong,
but is soon embroiled in a plot that threatens her world and forces
Cess to draw on powers she never knew she possessed, powers that
will place her life in danger if they are discovered by the
villagers. Witchcraft, politics and religious ambition combine in
this gripping and wonderfully realised novel set in the Somerset of
the 1500s.
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