Queen's Favorite Witch Vol. 2: The Lost King

by Benjamin Dickson, Rachael Smith (Illustrator)

Overview

As a young witch, Daisy Sparrow, gets used to her role as Queen Elizabeth I’s right-hand witch, providing spells and cures at her beck and call. But things aren’t completely merry in the castle. The constant pressure from the Queen’s advisors for her to marry and turn over her power to a male sovereign boils over. Enter a prince from rival-country Spain. Only, Daisy feels she has seen him before and something’s not quite right about him now. Can a young witch protect her Queen from the various nefarious forces circling around her?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781545811740
Publisher:	Papercutz
Publication date:	07/23/2024
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	96 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 12 Years

About the Author

Benjamin Dickson is a writer, artist and lecturer who most recently produced the critically-acclaimed A New Jerusalem for New Internationalist/Myriad Editions (also published in France as Le Retour, by Actes Sud). He also wrote Santa Claus vs the Nazis for Aces Weekly/Markosia, and co-wrote Fight the Power! For New Internationalist. He has also co-produced several graphic novels on the subject of climate change and written short stories for several publishers, including Self Made Hero, Accent UK and Heavy Metal Magazine. He lives in Bristol, UK.
www.bendickson.co.uk

Editorial Reviews

"The Queen's Favorite Witch is lively, funny, compassionate, endearing, engrossing, clever, and very well drawn, and uses history creatively and mischievously in the way that good fantasy fiction should"

Professor Ronald E Hutton

"The colorful trinkets, flat backgrounds, and lax line-work provide a fun, simple atmosphere for Daisy to explore, and while the introduction provides historical context, even readers uninterested in Elizabethan England will enjoy following this young, likable witch on her daring adventure"

Booklist

"The colorful trinkets, flat backgrounds, and lax line-work provide a fun, simple atmosphere for Daisy to explore, and while the introduction provides historical context, even readers uninterested in Elizabethan England will enjoy following this young, likable witch on her daring adventure"
-Booklist
"The Queen's Favorite Witch is lively, funny, compassionate, endearing, engrossing, clever, and very well drawn, and uses history creatively and mischievously in the way that good fantasy fiction should"
-Professor Ronald E Hutton
M.A.(Cantab.), D.Phil.(Oxon.), F.R.Hist.S., F.S.A., FLSW, FBA
Professor of History, Department of History (Historical Studies)
Early Modern Studies

From the Publisher

2023-07-13
A young witch comes into her own.

Dickson knows the appeal of the Elizabethan age as a mystery setting, and his sequel to The Queen’s Favorite Witch (2021) is rife with period superstitions and political intrigue. Opening in 1564, this graphic novel finds Daisy, the queen’s royal witch, attending to Elizabeth I. The queen’s advisers are eager for her to marry, and despite Elizabeth’s determination to remain single, a visit from the king of Spain is arranged. When Daisy explores an enchanted palace in search of answers about strange nightmares, she is taken prisoner by the nefarious Massingbyrde. Simon the groom; Daisy’s familiar, a rat named Nathaniel; and several talking spiders rescue Daisy, but it turns out Massingbyrde has also captured King Philip of Spain. Though a bit dismayed that she needed to rely on the others, Daisy bravely returns to free the lost king. Simple, flat backgrounds focus attention on the considerable action. Alas, costume authenticity is poor; some historical details are wrong; and it’s hard to believe that Daisy didn’t know of Anne Boleyn’s execution. But that will matter little to many readers. And, adding a deeper dimension, Elizabeth offers Daisy advice on personal growth and the universality of imposter syndrome. Daisy, Simon, and most of the cast are light-skinned, though people of color are also depicted.

Combines chills, thrills, and life lessons. (Biographical info on Elizabeth I) (Graphic fiction. 7-12)

Kirkus Reviews