Conspiracy of Doves

<p>Cat lives with her African mother in Henry VIII’s London. They take in washing to make their living.</p><p>Then she is taken by a man who keeps her captive for some years while doing her no harm. Her mother is taken to a bawdy house in Southwark.</p><p>Eventually Cat is given as a gift to Queen Elizabeth whom she strongly resembles although with darker colouring.</p>