Táto séria čitateľov zavedie do alžbetínskej Anglickej éry, kde sa mladá slúžka Lucy nečakane ocitá v centre sveta mágie a intríg. Zamestná sa v domácnosti samotného Dr. Dee, osobného astrológa a mága kráľovnej Alžbety. Keď Lucy narazí na desivé tajomstvo ohrozujúce samotnú korunu, je vtiahnutá do nebezpečného sprisahania. Jej odvážna cesta odhaľuje temné tajomstvá a ukazuje, ako sa obyčajný človek môže zapliesť do osudových udalostí, ktoré ovplyvňujú celé kráľovstvo.
A poor runaway during the Elizabethan period, Lucy does not have many options. Her luck turns around when she is taken on as a maid in the household of Dr. Dee, a real-life figure who was court magician to Queen Elizabeth I.The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for intrigue. So when she stumbled across a plot to assassinate the queen, Lucy must find means to warn her . . . before it's too late.
Lucy has become a firm fixture in the household of Dr Dee, a real-life figure who was court magician to Queen Elizabeth 1. Lucy, in return for saving the queen's life, has been told that she is to work as a spy for Her Grace and that she is to remain with the Dee family and await further instruction ...And then Lucy hears unexplained cries in the Dee house, and finds a young girl imprisoned there. What is Dr Dee doing? Lucy means to find out. This is a thrilling historical story, full of intrigue and royal plots and counter-plots, from the acclaimed Mary Hooper.
The concluding volume to the two popular novels by Mary Hooper, At the House of the Magician and By Royal Command