Overview

View our feature on Sarah Gristwood’s Elizabeth & Leicester.Though the story has been told on film—and whispered in historic gossip—this is the first book in almost fifty years to solely explore the great queen’s attachment to her beloved Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. Fueled by scandal and intrigue, their relationship set the explosive connection between public and private life in sixteenth-century England in bold relief. Why did they never marry? How much of what seemed a passionate obsession was actually political convenience? Elizabeth and Leicester reignites this 400- year-old love story in a book for anyone interested in Elizabethan literature.

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Author:   Sarah Gristwood
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Penguin USA
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780143114499

ISBN 10:   0143114492
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   28 October 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Elizabeth & LeicesterPreface 1. 'Some secret constellation': 1533-1536 2. 'Her eighth year': 1536-1547 3. 'The occasion of his utter undoing': 1547-1553 4. 'This night I think to die': 1553-1559 5. 'The King that is to be': spring 1559-summer 1560 6. 'So sudden a chance': autumn 1560 7. 'Maiden honour and integrity': 1560-1561 8. 'Not yet towards a marriage': 1561-1565 9. 'Majesty and love do not sit well together': 1565-1567 10. 'The daughter of debate': 1568-1569 11. 'The great Lord': the 1570s 12. 'Our estate requireth a match': 1570-1572 13. 'I have long both loved and liked you': 1573-1575 14. 'Dishonorable brutes': 1576-1579 15. 'The greatest prince in Christendom': 1578-1582 16. 'In times of distress': 1582-1584 17. 'Her Majesty will make trial of me': 1585-1588 18. 'A thing whereof we can admit no comfort': 1588 19. 'To end this life for her service' Appendix I: The second Robert Dudley Appendix II: The Arthur Dudley mystery Afterword: some fictional treatments Notes on sources Acknowledgments Picture acknowledgments Index

Reviews

Quite simply one of the most enthralling history books I've ever read. --Alison Weir, author of The Life of Elizabeth I Gristwood . . . parses out what we do know about this pair and what information fuels many of the more titillating conclusions people have drawn over the years. -- Chicago Sun-Times Vivacious and absorbing . . . Full of intriguing suggestions, stimulating analogies and shrewd connections. -- The Sunday Times (London)

Quite simply one of the most enthralling history books I've ever read. --Alison Weir, author of The Life of Elizabeth I Gristwood . . . parses out what we do know about this pair and what information fuels many of the more titillating conclusions people have drawn over the years. --Chicago Sun-Times Vivacious and absorbing . . . Full of intriguing suggestions, stimulating analogies and shrewd connections. --The Sunday Times (London) Quite simply one of the most enthralling history books I ve ever read. Alison Weir, author of The Life of Elizabeth I Gristwood . . . parses out what we do know about this pair and what information fuels many of the more titillating conclusions people have drawn over the years. Chicago Sun-Times Vivacious and absorbing . . . Full of intriguing suggestions, stimulating analogies and shrewd connections. The Sunday Times (London) ? Quite simply one of the most enthralling history books I?ve ever read.? ?Alison Weir, author of The Life of Elizabeth I ? Gristwood . . . parses out what we do know about this pair and what information fuels many of the more titillating conclusions people have drawn over the years.? ? Chicago Sun-Times ? Vivacious and absorbing . . . Full of intriguing suggestions, stimulating analogies and shrewd connections.? ? The Sunday Times (London) a Quite simply one of the most enthralling history books Iave ever read.a aAlison Weir, author of The Life of Elizabeth I a Gristwood . . . parses out what we do know about this pair and what information fuels many of the more titillating conclusions people have drawn over the years.a a Chicago Sun-Times a Vivacious and absorbing . . . Full of intriguing suggestions, stimulating analogies and shrewd connections.a a The Sunday Times (London) One of the most enthralling history books Ive ever read. You must read this! Alison Weir, author of The Life of Elizabeth I

Quite simply one of the most enthralling history books I've ever read. -Alison Weir, author of The Life of Elizabeth I Gristwood . . . parses out what we do know about this pair and what information fuels many of the more titillating conclusions people have drawn over the years. -Chicago Sun-Times Vivacious and absorbing . . . Full of intriguing suggestions, stimulating analogies and shrewd connections. -The Sunday Times (London)

? Quite simply one of the most enthralling history books I?ve ever read.? <br>?Alison Weir, author of The Life of Elizabeth I <br><br> ? Gristwood . . . parses out what we do know about this pair and what information fuels many of the more titillating conclusions people have drawn over the years.? <br>? Chicago Sun-Times <br><br> ? Vivacious and absorbing . . . Full of intriguing suggestions, stimulating analogies and shrewd connections.?<br> ? The Sunday Times (London)

Quite simply one of the most enthralling history books I ve ever read. <br> Alison Weir, author of The Life of Elizabeth I <br> Gristwood . . . parses out what we do know about this pair and what information fuels many of the more titillating conclusions people have drawn over the years. <br> Chicago Sun-Times <br> Vivacious and absorbing . . . Full of intriguing suggestions, stimulating analogies and shrewd connections. <br> The Sunday Times (London)

Author Information

Sarah Gristwood is an author, biographer, and journalist. A regular contributor to the New York Times, Guardian, and Independent newspapers, she is the author of Elizabeth and Leicester, Arbella: England's Lost Queen, and Game of Queens. She lives in London and Kent.

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