But, perhaps the wire had actually been meant for the Princess Elizabeth instead? And the plot thickens even more when Maggie accidentally discovers a missing decoded message in one of Lily's books. Maggie isn't at Windsor long, however, when Lily, a lady-in-waiting at the castle, is decapitated while out riding with the two Princesses by a wire attached to two trees and strung across the riding path. Nevertheless, she quickly forms a rapport with both Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister, Princess Margaret, and easily adjusts to castle life, making only a minimal number of faux pas. And the Princess Elizabeth would definitely be an obstacle to these plans.Īrriving at Windsor, Maggie quickly discovers that the good part of living there is that it isn't a target for the bombs Germany has been dropping mercilessly throughout England the bad part, no special advantages for royalty - it is terribly cold and everything is rationed. And, indeed, there does seem to be a plot underfoot to replace the reigning Royals with the recently abdicated, Nazi admiring Edward VIII and his wife, Wallis Simpson, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, once the Nazis have invaded England. In reality, she is to be on the lookout for any unusual activity that might put the future Queen of England in danger.
Her new assignment is to go undercover at Windsor Castle as the maths tutor to the 14 year old Princess Elizabeth. Unfortunately for Maggie, spy school doesn't work out quite as well as she had hoped and now MI-5 is going to reassign her. Maggie, after all, is a gifted mathematician with a degree from Wellesley College and was on her way to graduate school at MIT when the war broke out while she was visiting England. Churchill's Secretary, she was leaving her post as a typist for Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain to begin espionage training for MI-5 (Military Intelligence Section 5).
When last we left our WWII heroine, Maggie Hope in Mr. Princess Elizabeth's Spy is the second mystery in the Maggie Hope series by Susan Elia MacNeal.
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