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Princess Elizabeth's Spy: A Maggie Hope Mystery
By:
Susan Elia MacNeal
List Price: $15.00
Your Price: $11.64
(as of: 05/19/13)
Manufacturer: Bantam
ISBN: 0553593625
Publication Date: 2012-10-16
Release Date 2012-10-16
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Mr. Churchill's Secretary: A Novel
By: Susan Elia MacNeal
List Price: $15.00
Your Price: $11.76
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Product Description:
Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain’s beloved royals against an international plot—one that could change the course of history.
As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Spirited, strong-willed, and possessing one of the sharpest minds in government for mathematics and code-breaking, she fully expects to be sent abroad to gather intelligence for the British front. Instead, to her great disappointment, she is dispatched to go undercover at Windsor Castle, where she will tutor the young Princess Elizabeth in math. Yet castle life quickly proves more dangerous—and deadly—than Maggie ever expected. The upstairs-downstairs world at Windsor is thrown into disarray by a shocking murder, which draws Maggie into a vast conspiracy that places the entire royal family in peril. And as she races to save England from a most disturbing fate, Maggie realizes that a quick wit is her best defense, and that the smallest clues can unravel the biggest secrets, even within her own family.
Praise for Mr. Churchill’s Secretary
“Delightful may seem a strange word to describe a novel that takes place against the backdrop of the bombings of London during World War II, but it’s appropriate for this debut novel. . . . As sweet as it is intriguing.”—USA Today
“A captivating, post-feminist picture of England during its finest hour.”—The Denver Post
“Daring . . . Blends meticulous research on the era, psychological insight into Winston Churchill, and the creation of a riveting main character, Maggie Hope, into a spectacularly crafted novel.”—Bookreporter
“A ripping good yarn [that] enthralls and satisfies.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Maggie Hope, former secretary to Winston Churchill, becomes a spy in the British MI-5 during the Nazi blitzkrieg of World War II. Her first official assignment is working undercover at Windsor Castle posing as a math tutor to young princess Elizabeth.
Maggie certainly didn’t become a spy to work undercover as a nanny, but this assignment turns out to be far more dangerous than she had imagined. According to MI-5 intelligence, there is a Nazi informant on the royal staff, and it’s Maggie’s job to figure out who that is. Hitler has plans to eliminate the current monarchy and replace it with one of his choosing. Maggie knows with a traitor among them King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and their young daughters Elizabeth and Margaret are in constant danger.
While Maggie settles in at Windsor her fellow agents investigate a security breach at Bletchley Park, a top-secret intelligence-gathering installation. Decrypted Nazi military code intercepted from the Enigma machine is being smuggled out of Bletchley. It’s linked to two murders occurring within days of each other, one of them on castle property. Suspects abound as the Nazis set their plot in motion to kill the royals, putting Maggie’s skills as an MI-5 agent to the test.
MacNeal’s depiction of the two princesses as children sheds an entirely new light on these two historic figures. Her references to actual events of World War II give the story depth and plausibility and her descriptions of castle life add to the authenticity. MacNeal’s inventive tale is as interesting as it is entertaining. A jolly good read!
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| By: Sandra Van Winkle, ReadertoReader.com
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