At the House of the Magician by Mary Hooper

Overall: I give this Strength 5 tea beacuse it was so beautiful, had a lovely setting and I couldn't find anything to fault with it. The Victorian style calling cards, epitahs, newspaper clippings and so on heading every chapter are the beautiful final touches. The whole thing had beautiful descriptions, painting lovely pictures in my head and bringing the story to life. The harsh look at Victorian lives is filled with historical accuracy- correct to almost every last detail, with the author's notes at the end explaining everything.

Grace is well characterised as a young determined woman. O like seeing the highs and lows in Grace's life, like how a poor Victorian girl's life would be. I also normally don't like little rags to riches stories, but I think I made an exception for this. most likely becuase its set in a funeral parlour. Review: I never properly enjoyed Hooper's other books, but I liked this one a lot. Enter the Unwins, a family dealing in death, who will doanything to cheat two young women out of what they rightfully own. They must now find ways to scrape by day by day. After placing the body in an rich coffin to be buried with an unknown body, Grace and her sister are thrown out of their home by no fault of their own. Summary by me: Grace Parkes is a fallen woman-she has given birth to a child without being married, and must now lay him to rest. Mary Hooper is a very popular writer for children Related Titles. Mary Hooper (Author) Ebook (Epub & Mobi) 7.99 4.79. Mary Hooper (Author) Share At the House of the Magician. Other facts: Mary Hooper has also written other historical novels such as At the Sign of the Sugar Plum and At the House of the Magician, as well as contemperary novels like Megan At the House of the Magician At the House of the Magician. Her other books for Bloomsbury include Amy, Holly and the ever popular and award-winning Megan series, as well as hilarious younger fiction, including the.Warnings: References to rape, pregancy, suitable for 12+ Mary Hooper is a hugely popular writer for children and young adults. Perfect for fans of Julie Hearn and Julia Golding. An atmospheric and thrilling sequel to At the House of the Magician, full of authentic historical Elizabethan details and spine-tingling thrills. What is Dr Dee doing? Lucy means to find out.A thrilling historical story, full of intrigue and royal plots and counter-plots, from the acclaimed Mary Hooper. And then Lucy hears unexplained cries in the Dee house, and finds a young girl imprisoned there. Lucy, in return for saving the queen's life, has been told that she is to work as a spy for Her Grace and that she is to remain with the Dee family and await further instruction.

Lucy has become a firm fixture in the household of Dr Dee, a real-life figure who was court magician to Queen Elizabeth 1.

At the House of the Magician by Mary Hooper