The Honey and the Sting
- Author Elizabeth Fremantle
- Narrator Melody Grove
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 10 hours and 27 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Family life fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Historical fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
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Three sisters.
Three secrets.
Three ways to fall . . .
Forcibly seduced by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and King's favourite, doctor's daughter Hester was cast aside to raise her illegitimate son, Rafe, alone and in secret. She hopes never to see his father again.
Melis's visions cause disquiet and talk. She sees what others can't - and what has yet to be. She'd be denounced as a witch if Hester wasn't so carefully protective.
Young Hope's beauty marks her out, drawing unwelcome attention to the family. Yet she cannot always resist others' advances. And her sisters cannot always be on their guard.
So when the powerful Duke decides to claim his son against Hester's wishes, the sisters find themselves almost friendless and at his mercy. But are their secrets their undoing or their salvation?
Because in the right hands a secret is the deadliest weapon of all . . .
© E C Fremantle2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in this page-turning thriller. She is excellent on the precariousness of life for history’s powerless women
Times -
A powerful reimagining of the most dramatic murder of Stuart England. Wonderfully inventive and darkly satisfying, this story of three sisters resonates with myth
bestselling author of The Ashes of London -
A lush, thrilling page-turner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!
author of The Glass House -
Gripping and page-turning. Propels a trio of vivid women towards their complex destinies, while making their world as fresh and immediate as our own. Hugely enjoyable
author of Tell Me How It Ends -
A pacey plot, tension, and occasional flirts with the supernatural make this historical fiction engaging . . . It leaves you wanting more of Melis, who has eerie and often accurate visions of the future
Sunday Post -
We follow three sisters in a maze of twists and turns in 1628 England. Grabs your attention
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