In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and discover who is responsible for the plot.
Ages 8-12. Scholastic Press.|||Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press.|||juvenile
Deborah Hopkinson.
