![]() ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, she eagerly anticipates the semiannual visits of the lone ship that docks on the island’s shores and finds her prayers for companionship answered when a young boy and his mother are sent to the island for opposing the king. ![]() Margaret, who’s been on the island for six years, thrives in the simplicity of her idyllic existence. Its only inhabitants are a small order of nuns dedicated to helping anyone “whose life or love is at the mercy of the sea,” a hapless priest, a couple servants, some farm animals, and a cat. Loosely based on the childhood of Elizabeth I, Meconis’ rich historical fantasy centers on young Margaret, an orphan taken while a baby to live on a nearly forgotten island in the kingdom of Albion. A young orphan’s and an exiled queen’s fates intertwine on a remote island. ![]()
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