1768. Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empress, arrives in Naples to marry a man she has never met. Her sister Antoine is sent to France, and in the mirrored corridors of Versailles they rename her Marie Antoinette.The sisters are alone, but they are not powerless. When they were only children, they discovered a book of spells – spells that work, with dark and unpredictable consequences.In a time of vicious court politics, of discovery and dizzying change, they use the book to take control of their lives.But every spell requires a sacrifice. And as love between the sisters turns to rivalry, they will send Europe spiralling into revolution.
About the Author
Kate Heartfield is the author ofThe Embroidered Book, a Sunday Times bestselling historical fantasy novel published in 2022, which won the Aurora Award and was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award.The Valkyrie, published in 2023, is a retelling of Norse and Germanic legends. Her Alice Payne time travel novellas were published in 2018 and 2019. Her debut novelArmed in Her Fashion(2018) won Canada’s Aurora Award, and was re-published in a revised edition in 2023 asThe Chatelaine. She also writes interactive fiction, includingThe Road to Canterbury, andThe Magician's Workshop, published by Choice of Games. She has published two Assassin's Creed tie-in novels:The Magus ConspiracyandThe Resurrection Plot. Her short fiction has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, Nebula, Locus, Aurora, Sunburst and Crawford awards, and her journalism for a National Newspaper Award. Her short stories have appeared inStrange Horizons, Lackington's, Podcastleand elsewhere. A former newspaper journalist, Kate lives near Ottawa, Canada.
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