![]() Jean Plaidy, the queen of royalty novels in her own right, provides a voice for. In this unforgettable novel, Elizabeth emerges as one of the most fascinating and controversial women in history, and as England's greatest monarch. This is a fictionalized account of King Henry VIIIs daughter, Elizabeth I. Brilliantly clever, a scholar with a ready wit, she was also vain, bold, and unpredictable, a queen who commanded-and won-absolute loyalty from those around her.īut in these pages, in her own voice, Elizabeth also recounts the emotional turmoil of her life: the loneliness of power the heartbreak of her lifelong love affair with Robert Dudley, whom she could never marry and the terrible guilt of ordering the execution of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. ![]() It is the story of her improbable rise to power and the great triumphs of her reign-the end of religious bloodshed, the settling of the New World, the defeat of the Spanish Armada. There will be no peace for this realm while either ofthem live. ![]() In this 'memoir' by Elizabeth I, legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy reveals the Virgin Queen as she truly was: the bewildered, motherless. A Catherine de' Medici Novel Jean Plaidy. ![]() In this "memoir" by Elizabeth I, legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy reveals the Virgin Queen as she truly was: the bewildered, motherless child of an all-powerful father a captive in the Tower of London a shrewd politician a lover of the arts and eventually, an icon of an era. Written by Jean Plaidy Fiction - Historical Trade Paperback May 2004. ![]()
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