The Queens Bastard, C. E. Murphy
The Queens Bastard, C. E. Murphy
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The Queen's Bastard

Author: C. E. Murphy

Narrator: Beverley A. Crick

Unabridged: 15 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/03/2015

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

In a world where religion has ripped apart the old order, Belinda Primrose is the queen's secret weapon. The unacknowledged daughter of Lorraine, the first queen to sit on the Aulunian throne, Belinda has been trained as a spy since the age of twelve by her father, Lorraine's lover and spymaster.

Cunning and alluring, fluent in languages and able to take on any persona, Belinda can infiltrate the glittering courts of Echon, where her mother's enemies conspire. She can seduce at will and kill if she must. But Belinda's spying takes a new twist when her witchlight appears.

Now Belinda's powers are unlike anything Lorraine could have imagined. They can turn an obedient daughter into a rival who understands that anything can be hers, including the wickedly sensual Javier, whose throne Lorraine both covets and fears. But Javier is also witchbreed, a man whose ability rivals Belinda's own . . . and who can be just as dangerous.


About C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy is the author of more than twenty books, including the Walker Papers series and the Negotiator trilogy. Born and raised in Alaska, she has since moved to her ancestral homeland of Ireland. She lives there with her husband, a chef, and three very spoiled pets.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanna on June 05, 2008

I must first say that C.E. Murphy is probably one of my favorite authors. Her Joanne Walker books are incredible and her other series equally enjoyable. This book, however, fell FAR short of my expectations. The writing was good, don't get me wrong, but her main character had absolutely NO redeeming......more

Goodreads review by Angela on June 24, 2008

There are times when I read a book so well-put together, so deliciously complex, and so generally OH-MY-inducing that I despair of ever trying to write anything as good, much less sell it. The Queen's Bastard, latest offering from the redoubtable C.E. Murphy, is one of those times. For starters, the......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on August 29, 2009

Errr, I dunno, I'm listing this book here because I like this author and this book for SOME reasons, and don't like it a lot for others. This book started out VERY interesting with a complex heroine and some interesting world-building, an alternate Elizabethan-Era world with some magic thrown in. Th......more

Goodreads review by Kara on April 17, 2009

In many ways delicious, The Queen's Bastard is a well-written, evocative piece of alternate-Elizabethan-era fantasy. Unfortunately, defects in both its plot and its characters detract from the otherwise beautiful prose of C.E. Murphy. At first I enjoyed the stalwart strength of the protagonist, Belin......more

Goodreads review by Wealhtheow on January 11, 2009

This book looks like a romance version of The Assassin's Apprentice. It is set in a thinly veiled version of the late 16th century (pretty much the only difference are the names--the redheaded, married to her country, virgin queen of a misty island is named "Lorraine," for instance) and follows the......more