Elizabeth & Leicester: Power, Passion, Politics

Elizabeth & Leicester: Power, Passion, Politics

A gripping account of one of historyâ€™s most fascinating of alliancesâ€“the love affair between Queen Elizabeth I and her political advisor and confident, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

No one knows quite when and where their relationship began â€” though Leicester once said heâ€™d known Elizabeth since she was eight years old. They shared an important commonality of experience â€” both with a parent dead on the headsmanâ€™s block, both imprisoned in the Tower just yards away.

Within days of the death of her sister, Mary, he was at her side and within months, openly spoken of as her lover, even her future husband. Her relationship with her â€œbonnie sweet Robinâ€ was one of the most important in the life of Elizabeth. For thirty years he loved her, advised her, understood her, sat by her bed in sickness, and represented her on state occasions. Yet, much of the fascination in their relationship comes from what is not on display: the sudden death â€” some said murder â€” of Leicesterâ€™s wife, which damaged his reputation irretrievably; and Elizabethâ€™s persistent refusal for ever afterwards to marry anybody at all.

Not a conventional biography, Elizabeth & Leicester is, rather, an intimate portrait of an affair between two people at a crucial moment in history.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Viking Adult
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-11-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780670018284

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Viking Adult
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-11-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780670018284

Elizabeth & Leicester: Power, Passion, Politics

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