Title: The queen's Christmas summons
Description: ""Royal courts are glittering places. But there can be many dangers there." The words of Juan, the shipwrecked Spanish sailor Lady Alys Drury nursed back to health, echo in her mind as she puts on another courtly smile. Then Alys locks eyes with a handsome man amid the splendor of Queen Elizabeth's Christmas court--Juan is posing as courtier John Huntley! Alys is hurt at Juan's deception until she learns he's an undercover spy for the crown... Amid the murky machinations of the court, can true love still conquer all?"-- Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Fiction, Social life and customs, Man-woman relationships, Nobility, Court and courtiers, Fiction, romance, historical, Fiction, romance, historical, general
Places: England
Time periods: 16th century