Bookish Ally's Reviews > The Lady of the Tower

I REALLY loved learning about Lady Lucy Apsley, née St John, through this historic fiction by her descendant, Elizabeth St. John. 4.5 stars for bringing her to life through her writings, in letters, and her recipes for physics and medicines. While Lucy never had the ambition to succeed at the court of James I, or to achieve wealth through a marriage of her families making, she had a love of service to the suffering, the plants and medicinal uses available through them, and the beauty nature offered. Lucy’s sister was Barbara Villiers, a sibling who would be a thorn, ripping and tearing the fabric of Lucy’s life through her schemes and ambition. You will come across many names you know, Sir Walter Raleigh himself wrote in her book of recipes.