- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review; New edition edition (6 April 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747268134
- ISBN-13: 978-0747268130
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,109,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Set against the background of the Spanish Armada's invasion of England, two tales unfold: Queen Elizabeth's lifelong and passionate affair with the Earl of Leicester, and the story of Arthur, their illegitimate son who is unaware of his true identity.
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My Father is dead and my Mother is Queen of England. Read the first page
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What could have been a detailed investigation into whether Elizabeth and Leicester had a child has turned into a novel of disappointments. The story line is badly developed, the speech of the characters is inappropriate for the time, and written with an American's idea of how they spoke in the period, the actual characters themselves seem to have been based on trashy novels rather than on what we know of the real people. For all those interested in Elizabeth this book will disappoint them and they will wonder what they spent their money on. I recommend reading something else.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A fictional exploration of an historical 'what if...', this novel draws you in, fascinates with possibilities - and so what if it's not 'real'! It brings history alive and raises questions about what we can rely on in the past. And not only that, it's a great story, rich with historical flavour, which has you intrigued and gripped to the very end.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Don't read this if you're a stickler for history in historical novels - this is pure fantasy! However what could have been a good story was marred by lacklustre execution - it's not bad, just dull.
Maxwell's Elizabeth is a one-dimensional character who is passionately in love with Leicester, gets pregnant, has a child and then - unbeknowst to either of them - the child is substituted for a dead child by Kat Ashley with the connivance of Lord Cecil...
The meeting of Leicester and the now-grown Arthur is particularly maudlin and sentimental. Really I think this is a 2-star novel with occasional 3-star sections - not a huge recommendation, I'm afraid.
Maxwell's Elizabeth is a one-dimensional character who is passionately in love with Leicester, gets pregnant, has a child and then - unbeknowst to either of them - the child is substituted for a dead child by Kat Ashley with the connivance of Lord Cecil...
The meeting of Leicester and the now-grown Arthur is particularly maudlin and sentimental. Really I think this is a 2-star novel with occasional 3-star sections - not a huge recommendation, I'm afraid.
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Couldn't put it down!
If you love Tudor history as I do, and realize that Elizabeth was far from being a virgin queen, you can quite easily fall in love with the idea that indeed she did have a son such... Read more
Published 3 months ago by chrissy
very good book
I enjoyed this book very much, after reading "the secret diary of anne boleyn, which is also a very good book, I read the above from the libary but I have now bought.
Published on 4 Nov 2005 by M. I. J. Tyers
Not as good as "Diary of Anne Boleyn"...
As intriguing as Robin Maxwell made her characters in her debut novel, this was rather disapointing. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2002 by Sorcia MacNasty
fascinating story of Elizabeth's son by Robert Dudley
What if Elizabeth I and her favourite Robert Dudley had had a child? This is the question raised and pursued by the author. Read more
Published on 8 May 2001
Suppose this had really happened
A brilliantly written historical novel about Elizabeth 1, the Earl of Leicester and their bastard son Arthur Dudley. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 1999 by Helen M. Wyld
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