Tilly lives in turbulent times. It's the 1550s; when Queen Mary ousts Lady Jane Grey to win the throne, her executioners are kept busy. Even Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower. As Tilly watches the plots and politics of the Tudor court unfolding, she waits for her chance to deliver a v...
She told me. Well, not in so many words. She’s always careful in what she says, but I know her too well. She loves him. I hope he loves her. He’d better. I did ask Mummy if she thought Philip might propose to Lilibet. She laughed that little light laugh of hers that isn’t ...
I sat in bed, huddled in my blanket, with Hoppy snuggled next to me. I thought of Rosa, and what it must be like to be travelling people in such weather. Then I remembered her sick mother. I wished I could help them. What would they want? That was e...