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Drama Canadian

The Virgin Trial

by (author) Kate Hennig

Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2017
Category
Canadian, Women Authors
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781770917705
    Publish Date
    Jun 2017
    List Price
    $17.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770917729
    Publish Date
    Jun 2017
    List Price
    $12.99

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Description

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.

About the author

Awards

  • Winner, Carol Bolt Award
  • Nominated, Governor General's Literary Award for Drama