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Elizabeth's rival : the tumultuous life of the Countess of Leicester : the romance and conspiracy that threatened Queen Elizabeth's court / Nicola Tallis.

by Tallis, Nicola.

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Pegasus Books, 2018.

Leicester, Lettice Dudley, Countess of, 1543-1634.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Family.

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588.

Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Biography.

Alternate title:

Tumultuous life of the Countess of Leicester : the romance and conspiracy that threatened Queen Elizabeth's court

Countess of Leicester : the romance and conspiracy that threatened Queen Elizabeth's court.

1st Pegasus Books hardcover ed.

xxxii, 400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly color), geneal. tables ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-388) and index.

Introduction -- Prologue -- Hiding royal blood -- Darling to the Maiden Queen -- Captive to the charms of Lettice Knollys -- The goodliest male personage in England -- Flirting with the Viscountess -- Death with his dart hath left us bereft -- Faithless, faultless, yet someway unfortunate, yet must suffer -- His paramour, or his wife -- Great enmity -- Up and down the country -- A marriage in secret -- One Queen in England -- A she-wolf -- My sorrowful wife -- Our mistress's extreme rage -- A continual fever -- My best friend -- Disgraces persons -- Some wonted unkind words -- The arch-traitor Essex -- Mildly like a lamb -- The wars with thunder, and the court with stars -- Epilogue.

"Favorite, foe, rival--a gripping tale of the countess who dared cross a queen amidst the dangerous intrigues of Elizabethan England" --Amazon.com.

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