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Book, 2004
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The year is 1569. Ursula Blanchard, illegitimate half sister to Queen Elizabeth and sometime spy on the Queen's behalf, is happily married to wealthy Hugh Stannard and living quietly in the country. Her daughter, Meg, will soon be fourteen, so perhaps it's time to think of a betrothal. When an invitation to visit arrives from the Duke of Norfolk, Ursula and Hugh welcome the chance for Meg to meet an apparently worthy young man of the Duke's household, Edmund Dean. It's love at first sight, at least on Meg's part; Ursula has her doubts. Soon, more weighty matters demand her attention. Two men are dead, and there may be a new plot to put Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne. A letter written in cipher may contain the information Ursula needs--but can she decode it in time to save the Queen?
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