Bestselling historian Alison Weir brings Elizabeth I to vivid life in a novel of intrigue,sex,plots,mysteries and tragedies,amid all the colour and pageantry of the Tudor court.'(Weir) gets right inside the head of the Virgin Queen. The reader has a blissful sense of seeing history as it happens.'- Kate Saunders,The TimesIt was an affair that shocked the world.Elizabeth I is the most sought-after bride in Europe. But though she is formidably intelligent,brave and tempestuous,she is desperately insecure. The tragic events in her past mean she cannot give herself to any man,and yet she relishes the thrill of the chase,the lure of forbidden fruit. And so,using sex and high-powered diplomacy,she plays what becomes known as the'Marriage Game',dangling suitors to keep them friendly to her kingdom,while holding them off indefinitely. But playing this tantalising game with the married Robert Dudley,the son and grandson of traitors,could cost her the throne...
Publisher: CornerstoneISBN: 9780099534624Number of pages: 432Weight: 298 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 27 mm
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(Weir) gets right inside the head of the Virgin Queen. The reader has a blissful sense of seeing history as it happens.Politics,historical detail and unfulfilled love in Alison Weir's endlessly fascinating account of Elizabeth I's attempt reconcile her personal passions with public life...The sheer weight of Weir's scholarship underpins the narrative,making it endlessly fascinating.The captivating,tempestuous,often hilarious and ultimately poignant story of the extraordinary love affair between Elizabeth I and Robert DudleyWith the vogue for Tudor history at its height,this is a brilliant novel that focuses on the volatile relationship with Elizabeth I and the charismatic Lord Dudley.Based on in-depth knowledge of Elizabeth's court,and the intrigues that swirled around it,the novel has the benefit of both verisimilitude and captivating story-telling.
Alison Weir
A popular historian and novelist,British author Alison Weir is the author of non-fiction including Richard III and the Princes in the Tower,Elizabeth the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God,Queen of England,Isabella: She-Wolf of France,Katherine Swynford,Queens of the Conquest and A Tudor Christmas. As a novelist,her works include Innocent Traitor,The Captive Queen,A Dangerous Inheritance and the Six Tudor Queens series. The latest novel in the sequence,Anna of Kleve,Queen of Secrets is published in May 2019.
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