num_pages: 224
description: When Ursulas young son is kidnapped she is lured into an impossible dilemma.March 1581. Queen Elizabeth is once again being urged to consider marriage to the Duke of Alenon a French Catholic twenty years her junior. The prospect of the match is causing unrest throughout the kingdom.Ursula Blanchard however has more immediate matters to worry about when her 9-year-old son is snatched away while out riding. If she is ever to see him again Ursula must undertake an impossibly difficult and dangerous mission  and commit an act of high treason. Can she rely on her half-sister Queen Elizabeth for help?
language: English
title: The Reluctant Assassin
publisher: Severn House