A Net for Small Fishes

''What a ride!'' India Knight, Sunday Times Summer reads ''Thrilling. a sumptuous feast of plotting and intrigue'' Mail on Sunday ''A complete joy'' Bettany Hughes ''Gloriously immersive'' Guardian ------------------------------------------------- Frances Howard has beauty and a powerful family - and is the most unhappy creature in the world.Anne Turner has wit and talent - but no stage on which to display them. Little stands between her and the abyss of destitution.When these two very different women meet in strange circumstances, a powerful friendship is sparked. Frankie sweeps Anne into a world of splendour that exceeds all she imagined: a Court whose foreign king is a stranger to his own subjects; where ancient families fight for power, and where the sovereign''s favourite may rise and rise - so long as he remains in favour.Anne and Frankie dare to seek a little happiness for themselves in this extravagant, savage hunting ground. But as they gain notice, they also gain enemies; what began as a search for love and safety leads to desperate acts that could cost them everything. Based on the true scandal that rocked the court of James I, A Net for Small Fishes is the most gripping novel you''ll read this year: an exhilarating dive into the pitch-dark waters of the Jacobean court.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Jago, Jago Lucy
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781526616654
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-1665-4
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Wolf Brother; Chronik der dunklen Wälder / Chronicles of Ancient Darkness - Wolfsbruder / Wolf Brother; Bloomsbury Publishing
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical mysteries, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Scottish, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, FICTION / Historical / Renaissance, True stories: discovery / historical / scientific, Historical crime and mysteries, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / General, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary