01977nam a22002417a 4500008004100000020001800041040000800059041000800067050003000075100002700105245003500132260003000167300002400197520125300221650003901474650004001513650002801553650001901581650003001600650004001630651004201670655002301712250605b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780241704400  ctbs  aeng  aPS3602.A775325 bF36 2024  aBardugo, Leigheauthor  aThe familiarc/ Leigh Bardugo.  aLondon :bViking, c2024.  a385 pages ;c24 cm.  aIn a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen-and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor. Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive-even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santangel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both. 0aWomen household employeesvFiction 0aAristocracy (Social class)vFiction 0aSocial classesvFiction 0aMagicvFiction 0aKings and rulersvFiction 0aImaginary wars and battlesvFiction 0aSpainxHistoryy16th centuryvFiction 0aHistorical fiction