Margaret Martin Margaret Martin i(A78811 works by) (a.k.a. Margaret Jane Martin)
Gender: Female
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1 3 y separately published work icon Arbella's Baby : A Jacobean Mystery Margaret Martin , Claremont : Freshwater Bay Press , 2003 Z1074895 2003 single work novel historical fiction mystery 'The Star Chamber, the High Court of the English realm, forms the literal and thematic backdrop to a novel of intrigue, murder, witchcraft and treason. Beneath the stars' reflected light Sir Francis Bacon considers evidence about the life of Lady Arbella Stuart, her mysterious death in the Tower, her dead child, and her connection to the murder of another woman, where this novel begins in 1623. Narrated by a young Thomas Hobbes, the novel delves into a murky corner of Jacobean court life where a person's closeness to the throne as in Arbella's case is a constant liability. Bacon uses the investigation to kick-start his career and reinstate his favour at court, while Hobbes, doubtful about the stratagems at play, tries to uncover the truth. But Martin's oblique approach, in a narrative full of the atmosphere and detail of England as it approaches civil war, shows how relative is truth.' Debra Adelaide, Sydney Morning Herald, 22.11.2003.
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