![]() ![]() She is the virgin with many suitors the victor of the Armada. Their rivalry soon involves everyone close to Elizabeth - from the famed courtiers who enriched the crown to the legendary poets and playwrights who paid homage to it with their works.Īnd, for Elizabeth, considering herself married to her people meant ruling as much from the heart as from the head. In the height of her power is the legendary Elizabeth Tudor, historys most enigmatic queen. 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. In love with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and mother to the Earl of Essex, the mercurial nobleman who challenged Elizabeth's throne - Lettice has been intertwined with Elizabeth since childhood. Margaret George is the author of Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles, The Memoirs of Cleopatra, and Elizabeth I: A Novel, among others. Description: The legendary Elizabeth Tudor is history's most enigmatic queen: the virgin with many suitors the victor of the Armada who hated war the jewel-bedecked woman always pinching pennies.Įlizabeth's flame-haired cousin, Lettice Knollys, is her bitter rival. ![]()
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