The Dandelion Seed: Lose yourself in the decadent and dangerous London of James I
By (Author) Lena Kennedy
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
9th July 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
320
Width 158mm, Height 183mm, Spine 21mm
166g
Her mother's violent death left Marcelle at the mercy of her lecherous stepfather, until Thomas Mayhew, King's Messenger and attendant to the flamboyant court favourite Robert Carr, offers her protection, freedom... and love.
But such perfect happiness is brittle, vulnerable. A mysterious royal lover, tawny-haired and passionate, leaves Marcelle with child. Kidnapped by the powerful Howard family, the baby is an innocent pawn in a deadly political game and Marcelle's desperate search for her son threatens her reconciliation with Thomas, her health, and her very sanity.Lena Kennedy is the genuine article - Sunday Express
Lena Kennedy lived all her life in the East End of London and wrote with great energy about the people and times she knew there. She was 67 before her first novel, MAGGIE, was accepted for publication. Since then her novels have shown her to be among the finest and best loved of contemporary novelists. She died in August 1986.