The Forgotten Sister: A gripping love story, a mysterious death, and the devastating secret that binds them by Nicola CornickMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Lizzie Kingdom is a children's TV presenter, her best friend from school Dudley Lester is the lead singer in a rock band. When Dudley's wife Amelia dies in mysterious circumstances Dudley and Lizzie fall under suspicion. But there are parallels with events which happened in Tudor times where Amelia's ancestor Amy was married to Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester and lover of Queen Elizabeth.
Alternating between Lizzie's POV in the present day and Amy's POV in the 1500s we learn of how Amy Robsart married Robert Dudley but all too soon her husband's obsession with his childhood friend the Princess Elizabeth draws them into the often lethal politics after the death of Henry VIII. How Amy and her sister Anna sit on opposite sides of the religious division, Anna married to a papist supporter of Princess Mary and RObert Dudley's family supporting Lady Jane Grey and Princess Elizabeth.
In the present day Lizzie comes to realise that she has put her trust in the wrong people, things are not what they seem and it falls on her to uncover the truth about the Robsart family and a pattern that has repeated itself throughout history.
I guessed the truth behind Amelia's death quite early on,(view spoiler) but I really enjoyed the insights into the political machinations of Dudley and his family, the way in which a family could rise to power one minute and then be locked in the Tower of London the next.
Part history lesson, part mystery, part romance this was an engaging read that kept me on tenterhooks right to the end.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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