He truly loves Elizabeth-but he desires her throne as well. Robert, her childhood friend, is a member of her court, and serves as her Master of Horse. The story takes place in the very beginning of Elizabeth's long reign. In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Platinum Award by Nielsen for achieving significant lifetime sales across her entire book output. This novel is based on the life of Robert Dudley, the man Queen Elizabeth Tudor loved for decades.
Philippa is a member of the Society of Authors and in 2016, was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers’ Association. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck University of London. She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. Now a recognised authority on women’s history, Philippa graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009. Her flair for blending history and imagination developed into a signature style and Philippa went on to write many bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen. She wrote her first ever novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature and it sold worldwide, heralding a new era for historical fiction. Philippa Gregory blends passion, personalities and politics in this stunning novel of the Tudor court and a country divided.Philippa Gregory is one of the world’s foremost historical novelists. But what if the unthinkable were to happen. Elizabeth's preference is clear, but he is unavailable. Meanwhile, the pressure grows for Elizabeth to marry, for it is unthinkable that a queen should rule on her own. She has loved him since she was a girl, but now they are adults she hardly sees him. She has no taste for life at court and longs for the day when her husband will return home. In a house in the countryside waits a very different woman, Amy Robsart – Robert's wife. It is soon plain that he is more than merely a friend. 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. Elizabeth feels that she can rely on just one man: her oldest friend, Robert Dudley. From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queens Fool comes a stunning portrait of the first perilous years of Elizabeth Is reign. She is surrounded by advisers, all convinced that a young woman cannot form political judgements. Elizabeth I has acceded to the throne of England, a position she has waited and schemed for all her life.
By Philippa Gregory, the bestselling author of THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL and THE QUEEN'S FOOL. Sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I.
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