Elizabeth's Rival
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Elizabeth's Rival

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Elizabeth's Rival

About this book

A kinswoman to Elizabeth I, Lettice Knollys had begun the Queen's glittering reign basking in favor and success. It was an honor that she would enjoy for two decades. However, on the morning of September 21st, 1578, Lettice made a fateful decision. When the Queen learned of it, the consequences were swift. Lettice had dared to marry without the Queen's consent. But worse, her new husband was Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, the Queen's favorite and one-time suitor.Though she would not marry him herself, Elizabeth was fiercely jealous of any woman who showed an interest in Leicester. Knowing that she would likely earn the Queen's enmity, Lettice married Leicester in secret, leading to her permanent banishment from court. Elizabeth never forgave the new Countess for what she perceived to be a devastating betrayal, and Lettice permanently forfeited her favor. She had become not just Queen Elizabeth's adversary. She was her rival. But the Countess' story does not end there. Surviving the death of two husbands and navigating the courts of three very different monarchs: Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and Charles I, Lettice's story offers an extraordinary and intimate perspective on the world she lived in.

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2018
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781681777146
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Genealogical Tables
  6. Dramatis Personae
  7. Timeline
  8. Author’s Note
  9. Introduction
  10. Prologue
  11. 1. Hiding Royal Blood
  12. 2. Darling to the Maiden Queen
  13. 3. Captive to the Charms of Lettice Knollys
  14. 4. The Goodliest Male Personage in England
  15. 5. Flirting with the Viscountess
  16. 6. Death with his Dart hath us Bereft
  17. 7. Faithful, Faultless, Yet Someway Unfortunate, Yet Must Suffer
  18. 8. His Paramour, or his Wife
  19. 9. Great Enmity
  20. 10. Up and Down the Country
  21. 11. A Marriage in Secret
  22. 12. One Queen in England
  23. 13. A She-Wolf
  24. 14. My Sorrowful Wife
  25. 15. Our Mistress’s Extreme Rage
  26. 16. A Continual Fever
  27. 17. My Best Friend
  28. 18. Disgraced Persons
  29. 19. Some Wonted Unkind Words
  30. 20. The Arch-Traitor Essex
  31. 21. Mildly Like a Lamb
  32. 22. The Wars with Thunder, and the Court with Stars
  33. Epilogue
  34. Appendix 1: Epitaph to Lettice, Countess of Leicester
  35. Appendix 2: Following in Lettice’s Footsteps - Places to Visit
  36. Notes and References
  37. Bibliography
  38. Acknowledgements
  39. Illustrations
  40. Index
  41. Also by Nicola Tallis
  42. Copyright

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