Fifteen-year-old Bess has no idea when she heads to London to see her Uncle Ted that she is about to find herself at the heart of a scandal involving sexual impropriety; her stepfather, Thom; and an attempted overthrow of the government. What does all this have to do with her? How adroitly can Bess manoeuvre through a series of interviews to avoid being swept up in the peril that might ensue? And will she be able to spin the facts to create a myth based on her own innocence?

In this gripping follow-up to The Last Wife, Kate Hennig continues her Tudor Queens Trilogy by cleverly exploring victim shaming, sexual consent, and the extraordinary ability of girls becoming women as she reimagines the scandalous and little-known story of Elizabeth the First before she was Queen.

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Hennig, Kate

Kate Hennig is a playwright, performer, teacher, director, and Associate Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival. Kate’s play, The Last Wife, which premiered at the Stratford Festival in 2015, has had many subsequent productions across Canada and the US. The Virgin Trial was awarded the Carol Bolt Award for Best New Play in 2017, and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama. The third play in Kate's Tudor series, Mother’s Daughter, will premiere at the Stratford Festival in 2019. Visit kathennig.com for more information.