The Familiar

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Publisher's Synopsis

"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen-and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor. Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. But as her notoriety gr

Book information

ISBN: 9781250884251
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Imprint: Flatiron Books
Pub date:
Edition: First US edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20231020
Language: English
Number of pages: 385
Weight: 634g
Height: 166mm
Width: 243mm
Spine width: 36mm