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Viking Adult
April 2011
On Sale: April 5, 2011
688 pages
ISBN: 0670022535
EAN: 9780670022533
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New York Times bestselling author Margaret George captures
history's most enthralling queen-as she confronts rivals to
her throne and to her heart. One of today's premier historical novelists, Margaret George
dazzles here as she tackles her most difficult subject yet:
the legendary Elizabeth Tudor, queen of enigma-the Virgin
Queen who had many suitors, the victor of the Armada who
hated war; the gorgeously attired, jewel- bedecked woman who
pinched pennies. England's greatest monarch has baffled and
intrigued the world for centuries. But what was she really like? In this novel, her flame-haired, lookalike cousin, Lettice
Knollys, thinks she knows all too well. Elizabeth's rival
for the love of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and mother
to the Earl of Essex, the mercurial nobleman who challenged
Elizabeth's throne, Lettice had been intertwined with
Elizabeth since childhood. This is a story of two women of
fierce intellect and desire, one trying to protect her
country, and throne, the other trying to regain power and
position for her family and each vying to convince the
reader of her own private vision of the truth about
Elizabeth's character. Their gripping drama is acted out at
the height of the flowering of the Elizabethan age.
Shakespeare, Marlowe, Dudley, Raleigh, Drake-all of them
swirl through these pages as they swirled through the court
and on the high seas. This is a magnificent, stay-up-all-night page-turner that is
George's finest and most compelling novel and one that is
sure to please readers of Alison Weir, Philippa Gregory, and
Hilary Mantel.
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