Paperback, 441 pages Published 2004 by Washington Square Press As a new queen, Elizabeth faces two great dangers: the French invasion of Scotland, which threatens to put Mary Queen of Scots on her throne, and her passion for the convicted traitor Robert Dudley. But Dudley is already marr
The virgin's lover, bk. 5
โ Scribed by Burghley, William Cecil;Dudley, Amy Robsart;Queen of England Elizabeth I;Gregory, Philippa;Leicester, Robert Dudley
- Publisher
- Touchstone; Simon & Schuster
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 568 KB
- Series
- Plantagenet and Tudor 14
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York, Great Britain, Great Britain.
- ISBN
- 0743275349
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โฆ Synopsis
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) comes a riveting and scandalous love triangle between a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambition far exceeds his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them.
In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen, yet one woman hears the tidings with utter dread. She is Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, and she knows that Elizabeth's ambitious leap to the throne will draw her husband back to the center of the glamorous Tudor court, where he was born to be.
Elizabeth's excited triumph is short-lived. She has inherited a bankrupt country where treason is rampant and foreign war a certainty. Her faithful advisors warns her that she will survive only if she marries a strong prince to govern the rebellious country, but the one man Elizabeth desires is her childhood friend, the ambitious Robert...
โฆ Subjects
Great Britain
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SUMMARY: In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. One woman hears the tidings with utter dread. She is Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, and she knows that Elizabeth's ambitious leap to the throne will pull her husband back to the