Watch the Lady

“For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds” – William Shakespeare, Sonnet 94.

Penelope Devereux is the most desired woman in Elizabeth’s court.

An infamous beauty, she is the Queen’s beloved goddaughter and favourite maid.

But things are not all as they appear. Scheming adulteress and enemy of state, Penelope is a marked women.

Robert Cecil, the Queen’s most trusted advisor, has vowed to destroy her family and he is not prepared to lose. But neither is Penelope.

And so commences a very treasonous battle for power and survival.