Emeshed in a marriage with a scheming French Catholic, Ursula undertakes another mission for Cecil and Elizabeth I, posing as a houseguest in the estate of an eccentric Leonardo da Vinci fanboy too caught up in his prototype glider to realize his various hangers on are up to no good.

I'm giving this three stars because I do like the series but I had a hard time with this as an audiobook. NOT THE BOOK'S fault. My fault because I cannot let work go when I am driving.

I do think sometimes Ursula does some.....dumb things? I get the whole migraine thing, BELIEVE ME I do.

Still like Dale and Broccoli best. I'll continue with the series but need a little break.

The first book of the series went better. I just had a difficult time staying interested in it. The love story was flat, the mystery wasn't much of a mystery. The conspirators were...lame. The book is just boring.

I think Fiona Buckley insists on including one scene in each of her books just to prove that she is an adult fiction writer. They are very unnecessary and kind-of ruin the rest of her story. I will not be reading any more of her books not do I recommend any of the ones I have already read.

An immersive experience into Tudor times.

quite enjoyable. This time Ursula ferrets out a new plot against the new Queen Elizabeth.

The problem with The Doublet Affair is that the man with whom the main character is in love is objectively terrible. He (a) is a kind of a traitor; (b) is utterly patronising; (c) forces her to marry him (!) in book one. He's clearly a hottie, but she spends an infuriating amount of time in this one mooning over him, despite him also being the definition of a bad idea.

The mystery also isn't as compelling as in book one, and I hope there are eventually going to be some villains in this series who aren't Evil Catholics.

I really enjoy these books - I learn about Queen Elizabeth's court and the main character is a strong woman. The mysteries are usually pretty good, too.

This series is easy to like. Ursula is a great character, even when she does dopey things, and the mysteries feel plausible and interesting.