Sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I, from Sunday Times No
.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Elizabeth I
has acceded to the throne of England, a position she has waited and schemed for
all her life. She is surrounded by advisers, all convinced that a young woman c
annot form political judgements.
Elizabeth feels that she can rely on just on
e man: her oldest friend, Robert Dudley. It is soon plain that he is more than m
erely a friend. In a house in the countryside waits a very different woman, Amy
Robsart - Robert's wife.
She has no taste for life at court and longs for the
day when her husband will return home. She has loved him since she was a girl,
but now they are adults she hardly sees him. Meanwhile, the pressure grows for E
lizabeth to marry, for it is unthinkable that a queen should rule on her own.
