![]() ![]() This is followed by the revelation that the Elvenwood really is the haunt of honest-to-God Fairy Folk (or surviving pagans) who, every seven years, pay a teind to Hell (or their gods) of one human life. Everybody draws the obvious conclusion, and Christopher's Byronic posturing does nothing to help the situation. She soon discovers she has walked into a somewhat fraught family situation: Sir Geoffrey's small daughter and only child, Cecily, disappeared under mysterious circumstances while in the care of her uncle, Christopher Heron, who of course is now Sir Geoffrey's heir. Kate is sent to live under house arrest at Elvenwood Hall in the care of Sir Geoffrey Heron. Her Majesty takes offense but elects to punish not Alicia (who she's sure isn't responsible), but instead her older, plainer sister, Kate. ![]() Summary: Kate and Alicia Sutton are young maids of honor to the Lady Elizabeth Tudor, who is confined to her house at Hatfield under the extreme displeasure of her jealous sister, Queen Mary.Īlicia, a beautiful ditz, writes the Queen to complain about the conditions at Hatfield. The book is set in Tudor England and tells a variant on the ballad of Tam Lin. ![]() The Perilous Gard is a young adult novel by Elizabeth Marie Pope ( The Sherwood Ring). Or "the dangerous castle," if you were wondering ![]()
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