Lucy has been forced to run away from home as she fears for her safety from her drunken father. She is taken on as a maid at the house of Dr Dee, court magician, upon whom Elizabeth I relies heavily, even down to advising the date of her coronation. The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for intrigue ...And she has more than enough to satisfy her: Lucy stumbles across a plot to assassinate the queen and has to find means to warn her ...

 

This book is part of a book series called At the House Of the Magician .

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Mary Hooper has written many fiction books for children and young adults.