A Net For Small Fishes

Longlisted For The Authors Club Best First Novel Awarda Guardian Summer Reading PickSumptuous . If YouRe Feeling Bereft After Finishing The Mirror And The Light, Let Jago Transport You To The Jacobean Court TelegraphA Bravura Historical Debut . A Gloriously Immersive Escape Guardian-------------------------------------------------Frances Howard Has Beauty And A Powerful Family - And Is The Most Unhappy Creature In The World.Anne Turner Has Wit And Talent - But No Stage On Which To Display Them. Little Stands Between Her And The Abyss Of Destitution.When These Two Very Different Women Meet In The Strangest Of Circumstances, A Powerful Friendship Is Sparked. Frankie Sweeps Anne Into A World Of Splendour That Exceeds All She Imagined: A Court Whose Foreign King Is A Stranger To His Own Subjects; Where Ancient Families Fight For Power, And Where The SovereignS Favourite May Rise And Rise - So Long As He Remains In Favour.With The Marriage Of Their Talents, Anne And Frankie Enter This Extravagant, Savage Hunting Ground, Seeking A Little Happiness For Themselves. But As They Gain Notice, They Also Gain Enemies; What Began As A Search For Love And Safety Leads To Desperate Acts That Could Cost Them Everything.Based On The True Scandal That Rocked The Court Of James I, A Net For Small Fishes Is The Most Gripping Novel YouLl Read This Year: An Exhilarating Dive Into The Pitch-Dark Waters Of The Jacobean Court.-------------------------------------------------Full Of Colour And Intrigue . Historical Fiction At Its Scintillating Best And Most Filmic Susan ElderkinThe Thelma And Louise Of The Seventeenth Century . Gut-Wrenching Lawrence NorfolkTerrific, Rich In Colour, Character, Place And Time Sarah DunantA Fabulous Book. Frankie And AnneS World Is Not Just Brilliantly Evoked But Brilliantly Sustained Andrew MillerDazzling Sunday Independent