The Falcon - Quest for a Queen, Bk 2 Author:Frances Mary Hendry, Linda Herd (Illustrator) Leezie Sinclair is a wild lass from the Borders, but her mother was nurse to Queen Mary as a baby, and is called to Edinburgh to nurse Mary's baby son, James. Among the intrigue and treachery, murder and revenge, religious fury and ambitious scheming surrounding Mary, among noblemen, preachers and ordinary folk, Leezie makes odd friends: Mas... more »ter Kerr, Master of the Queen's Hawks; Peter Matheson, Queen's Messenger, and the magnificent black courtesan Kate Lenton. They all help her to defend herself against her violent step-father, fulfill her dearest wish, and try to save Mary from her enemies.« less