THE HONEY AND THE STING
‘THE HONEY AND THE STING is a lush, thrilling page-turner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it.’ Eve Chase author of The Glass House
'A wonderfully inventive reimagining of the most dramatic murder of early Stuart England... a novel whose power resonates with myth' Andrew Taylor, author of The Ashes of London |
England 1628
Forcibly seduced by the powerful George Villiers, doctor's daughter Hester is cast aside to raise their illegitimate son alone and in secret, hoping to never see his father again. Melis's visions cause disquiet and talk. She sees what others can't _ and what has yet to be. She'd be denounced as a witch if Hester wasn't so carefully protective. Young Hope's beauty marks her out, drawing unwelcome attention to the family. yet she cannot always resist others' advances. And her sisters cannot always be on their guard. When Villiers decides to claim his son against Hester's wishes, the sisters find themselves almost friendless and at his mercy. But the women hold a grave secret. The question is, will what they know be their undoing or their salvation? Because in the right hands, a secret is the deadliest weapon of all... 'Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in this page-turning thriller. She is excellent on the precariousness of life for history’s powerless women.'
The Times |
