The Queen Must Die
K. A. S. Quinn (Author)
The Queen Must Die
K. A. S. Quinn (Author)
Why is Katie Berger-Jones-Burg under a sofa in Buckingham Palace? The last thing she can remember is reading in her bedroom, trying to block out the sound of the TV. Now she is in London, at the height of Queen Victoria’s reign. Something very strange is going on.
Together with her two new friends - Princess Alice, the younger daughter of Queen Victoria, and James O'Reilly, the son of the royal doctor - Katie must discover why she has been sent back in time. And who are the weird and frightening creatures who seek her out? The key, it seems, lies with the enigmatic Bernardo Duquelle. As the dark forces moving through the royal household begin to take control, Katie and her friends uncover a plot to assassinate the Queen and unearth an even darker mystery.
Review
Julia Jackson, Readings Carlton
Despite being aimed at perhaps a slightly younger audience, fans of Mary Hoffman’s Stravaganti series will enjoy this debut novel.
The Queen Must Die is a fantastic (in both senses of the word) historical time-travel thriller. Katie Berger-Jones-Burg, only daughter of ageing pop starlet and serial divorcee, seeks refuge from her life and her mother’s strange ways in books, only to be sucked back in time to, of all places, Buckingham Palace, circa 1851, during the reign of Queen Victoria. Challenged by culture and protocol and lack of technology, there she becomes embroiled in a regicidal plot. And there I’ll leave it. Witty and very well researched, this is a great read!
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