The Devil's Slave. Tracy Borman
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Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
The King’s Witch (A Novel)
The Private Lives of the Tudors:Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty
Thomas Cromwell:The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s Most Faithful Servant
Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction
Queen of the Conqueror:The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I
Elizabeth’s Women:Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen
King’s Mistress, Queen’s Servant:The Life and Times of Henrietta Howard
Tracy Borman
The Devil’s Slave
Copyright 2019 by Tracy Borman
Cover design by Royce M. Becker
Cover artwork by John Everett Millais,
Tate, London 2011 (public domain)
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First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Hodder & Stoughton
An Hachette UK company
Published simultaneously in CanadaPrinted in Canada
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition: September 2019
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eISBN 978-0-8021-2946-8
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Table of Contents
Also by Tracy Borman
Part 1: 1606
Prologue: 7 April
Chapter 1: 18 April
Chapter 2: 21 April
Chapter 3: 21 April
Part 2: 1610
Chapter 4: 26 January
Chapter 5: 27 January
Chapter 6: 29 January
Chapter 7: 31 January
Chapter 8: 12 February
Chapter 9: 16 February
Chapter 10: 22 February
Chapter 11: 22 February
Chapter 12: 1 March
Chapter 13: 3 March
Chapter 14: 6 March
Chapter 15: 28 March
Chapter 16: 28 March
Chapter 17: 18 April
Chapter 18: 3 May
Chapter 19: 22 May
Chapter 20: 4 June
Chapter 21: 22 June
Chapter 22: 9 July
Chapter 23: 18 July
Chapter 24: 13 August
Chapter 25: 2 September
Chapter 26: 2 September
Chapter 27: 12 September
Part 3: 1611
Chapter 28: 4 June
Chapter 29: 5 June
Chapter 30: 7 June
Chapter 31: 11 June
Chapter 32: 14 June
Chapter 33: 14 June
Chapter 34: 6 July
Chapter 35: 18 September
Chapter 36: 23 September
Chapter 37: 24 September
Part 4: 1612
Chapter 38: 25 May
Chapter 39: 31 May
Chapter 40: 8 June
Chapter 41: 22 June
Chapter 42: 29 July
Chapter 43: 15 August
Chapter 44: 19 August
Chapter 45: 22 August
Chapter 46: 25 September
Chapter 47: 26 September
Chapter 48: 17 October
Chapter 49: 27 October
Chapter 50: 27 October
Chapter 51: 28 October
Chapter 52: 28 October
Chapter 53: 31 October
Chapter 54: 1 November
Chapter 55: 3 November