The Devil's Slave: from the author of Sunday Times bestseller The Stolen Crown (Sept 2025) (The King's Witch Trilogy) - Hardcover

Borman, * Tracy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1473662494 ISBN 13: 9781473662490

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2019

Synopsis

'Borman's expertise as a historian of the period is much in evidence throughout a lively, entertaining novel' The Sunday Times

'So vividly evoked that you are there' Alison Weir

'Rich evocation of 17th-century life' The Times

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Frances Gorges has already survived the accusation of witchcraft.

But if her torturers at the court of King James knew of her love for Tom Wintour, one of the executed members of the gunpowder plot, it would mean certain death.

Pregnant with Tom's child, hiding under the reluctant protection of her spiteful and ambitious brother, Frances lives in fear - until she is offered the chance to make a respectable - if loveless - marriage and return to court.

She will not be expected to sleep with her husband. The only price she must pay for safety is to give up the cause for which her lover died.

But old loyalties are hard to deny, and soon Frances is drawn back into the snake-pit scheming of the factions trying to take the throne.

Everywhere she turns, it seems that someone has the power to force her deeper into danger until, all too late, Frances hears the warnings of her own heart.

Compelling, sensual, suspenseful, The Devil's Slave is a standalone sequel to The King's Witch and further evidence that one of our finest historians is also a brilliant novelist.

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Praise for The King's Witch:

'The adventures of her courageous heroine put flesh on the bones of a fascinating historical framework'Sunday Mirror

'Tracy Borman's debut historical novel has it all: conspiracy, betrayal, dark intrigues, bloody deeds, a poignant love story - and the most famous plot in English history' Alison Weir, author of the Six Tudor Queens series

'An accomplished novel with a vivid historical setting . . . the scenes in which Frances defends herself against accusations of witchcraft are particularly strong' The Times

About this title

About the Author

Tracy Borman OBE is Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces and Chief Executive of the Heritage Education Trust. She studied and taught history at the University of Hull.

Tracy is the author of a number of highly acclaimed books including Crown & Sceptre, Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him, The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty, Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant, Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of England, Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen and Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction. Tracy is also a regular broadcaster and public speaker, giving talks on her books across the UK and abroad.

Follow Tracy on Twitter @TracyBorman

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473662494
• ISBN 13: 9781473662490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432