![]() Such as these novels are though, they hold up perfectly well as stand-alone reads and I haven’t encountered any instances that have given me a reason to regret this approach. ![]() Clearly, I am not reading these novels in order, instead approaching the series in hodge-podge manner based on whatever character I’m interested in at the time. As powerful families vie for stakes in the emerging kingdom, Elizabeth must secure her own future.Īnd so my pilgrimage with Philippa Gregory’s Plantagenet and Tudor novels continues, this time with The Virgin’s Lover, the story of Queen Elizabeth I in her early years of ascending to the throne. But Dudley has many enemies, amongst them William Cecil, the queen’s most trusted advisor. Dudley is a man of powerful lineage his father had been a kingmaker at the court of Henry VIII. For Robert Dudley, Elizabeth’s ascension is a glorious new dawn, and he quickly positions himself as the young queen’s favourite. Many believe that Elizabeth must marry if she is to survive. But the country is divided, the restoration of the Protestant faith ignites opposition from the church and beyond, and court remains a treacherous place. ![]() After years of waiting, Princess Elizabeth accedes to the throne of England. ![]() Now I can be the queen that my mother intended me to be. A 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. ![]()
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