An edition of Elizabeth and Leicester (1961)

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An edition of Elizabeth and Leicester (1961)

Elizabeth and Leicester

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From the moment Elizabeth I ascended the throne of England word spread the length and breadth of the British Isles: if the Queen ever married she would choose her handsome courtier Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

They were inseparable, for Elizabeth had not exaggerated when she told Leicester: "I cannot live without seeing you every day." At the great occasions of state and society, they flaunted the unmistakable intimacy of lovers, whether it was Leicester wiping his brow with the Queen's handkerchief after a tennis match, Elizabeth tickling his neck as she conferred the robes of earldom, their uninhibited kiss in front of 700 startled footmen, or Leicester's visits to Her Majesty's bedchamber.

As the world watched and waited for the great announcement, the stage was being set inside the royal palace for the desperate contest between Leicester and his rivals for the most powerful throne in the world. Endangered by the rapacious claims of Elizabeth's sister Mary Queen of Scots, England would not rest until Elizabeth married and provided a direct successor to the crown. Against this demand Elizabeth had to weigh her conviction that an heir would destroy the undivided loyalty she must command to lead Britain to greatness. But a deeper conflict tore at her. Marked by sexual anxiety, she fought the prospect of total surrender even as she felt herself drawn irresistibly to the virile Leicester.

Leicester himself thrived as never before—for such a man, the difficulties and intrigues of winning a reluctant Queen only sharpened passion and intensified determination. The royal battle of love and politics had just begun.

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Publisher
Panther
Language
English
Pages
447

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Cover of: Elizabeth & Leicester
Elizabeth & Leicester
October 2002, Phoenix Press, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Paperback in English
Cover of: Elizabeth and Leicester
Elizabeth and Leicester
1972, Panther
in English
Cover of: Elizabeth and Leicester.
Elizabeth and Leicester.
1962, Coward-McCann
in English - [1st American ed.]
Cover of: Elizabeth and Leicester.
Elizabeth and Leicester.
1961, V. Gollancz
in English
Cover of: Elizabeth and Leicester
Elizabeth and Leicester
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Published in

London

Edition Notes

Originally published, London: Gollancz, 1961.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 425-428.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
942.05/5/0924, 942.05/5/0924
Library of Congress
DA358.L5, DA355

The Physical Object

Pagination
447 p. ;
Number of pages
447

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24206057M
Internet Archive
elizabethleicest00jenk
ISBN 10
0586037527
ISBN 13
9780586037522
OCLC/WorldCat
16194337

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