Join Elizabeth St.John, best-selling author of The Lydiard Chronicles and The Godmother’s Secret, as she presents a talk on her new historical fiction novel, The King’s Intelligencer. Once again, Elizabeth draws on her ancestors to inspire her writing, and this time, she travels back to seventeenth-century England and the discovery of the missing Princes in the Tower. Weaving together fact and fiction, The King’s Intelligencer features familiar and new characters on a path to uncover secrets hidden within Lydiard House and St. Mary’s Church.
About the book:
The Tower of London, 1674: Franny Apsley, confidante to Lady Mary Stuart, heir to King Charles’s throne, becomes embroiled in the royal court’s excitement over the discovery of children’s bones. Could they be the missing princes? As a devastating family secret emerges, Franny is recruited by her cousin Nan Wilmot to unearth the truth behind the bones. Her investigation, complicated by an attraction to the secretive court artist Nicholas Jameson and the influence of an enigmatic royal spy, reveals a startling plot threatening the throne and England’s stability.
In a glittering and treacherous society, Franny must risk everything—her country, her happiness, and her family’s safety—to expose the truth.
A captivating historical novel of conspiracy, passion, and courage, The King’s Intelligencer is one woman’s quest for a truth that could change the fate of a nation. A companion to the critically acclaimed best-selling novels The Godmother’s Secret and The Lydiard Chronicles, The King’s Intelligencer weaves together beloved characters and actual events to bring a suspenseful mystery to life.
A tasty buffet lunch created by the chef team at the hotel is included in your ticket