Sir Gerald takes this badly and starts to drink hard. But, of course, the Queen does not allow this, and Grace chooses Lord Robert. Grace, reluctant to marry at all, wittily refuses all three gifts, saying she does not need a husband at the moment. Sir Charles gives her an ivory hunting flask, Sir Gerald a gilded knife, and Lord Robert a rope of pearls. Valentine's Ball, all three suitors present Grace with a gift, and the gift she chooses will decide the man she marries. Despite this, Grace favors him, thinking him to be the best of two worlds he is kinder than Sir Gerald and younger than Sir Charles.Īt the St. He stammers uncontrollably, which causes him to be self-conscious. He is also young, but unlike Sir Gerald, Lord Robert is impoverished and lacks confidence. The last suitor is Lord Robert Radcliffe. However, Grace finds him irritating and arrogant. Sir Gerald is young and handsome, and all of Grace's fellow Maids of Honour believe him to be the best choice. Her next suitor, Sir Gerald Worthy, is the nephew of Lord Worthy, who is the guardian of Grace's estate. He is perhaps the suitor Grace feels closest to, as he is her riding instructor, but the only affection Grace has for him is that of a daughter for a father. The first, Sir Charles Amesbury, is a portly and jovial older man who loves horses and singing. The Queen herself handpicks three suitors for Grace to choose from at the St. The thirteenth birthday of Lady Grace Cavendish, Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth I, has come and the Queen has decided that it is time for Grace to select the man she will marry upon her sixteenth birthday. It is written under the pseudonym Grace Cavendish. Assassin is the first book in the Lady Grace Mysteries.
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