{"product_id":"elizabeth-and-leicester-isbn-9780143114499","title":"Elizabeth and Leicester","description":"\u003cb\u003eView our feature on Sarah Gristwood’s \u003ci\u003eElizabeth \u0026amp; Leicester\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003eThough 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.Elizabeth \u0026amp; LeicesterPreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. 'Some secret constellation': 1533-1536\u003cbr\u003e2. 'Her eighth year': 1536-1547\u003cbr\u003e3. 'The occasion of his utter undoing': 1547-1553\u003cbr\u003e4. 'This night I think to die': 1553-1559\u003cbr\u003e5. 'The King that is to be': spring 1559-summer 1560\u003cbr\u003e6. 'So sudden a chance': autumn 1560\u003cbr\u003e7. 'Maiden honour and integrity': 1560-1561\u003cbr\u003e8. 'Not yet towards a marriage': 1561-1565\u003cbr\u003e9. 'Majesty and love do not sit well together': 1565-1567\u003cbr\u003e10. 'The daughter of debate': 1568-1569\u003cbr\u003e11. 'The great Lord': the 1570s\u003cbr\u003e12. 'Our estate requireth a match': 1570-1572\u003cbr\u003e13. 'I have long both loved and liked you': 1573-1575\u003cbr\u003e14. 'Dishonorable brutes': 1576-1579\u003cbr\u003e15. 'The greatest prince in Christendom': 1578-1582\u003cbr\u003e16. 'In times of distress': 1582-1584\u003cbr\u003e17. 'Her Majesty will make trial of me': 1585-1588\u003cbr\u003e18. 'A thing whereof we can admit no comfort': 1588\u003cbr\u003e19. 'To end this life for her service'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix I: The second Robert Dudley\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II: The Arthur Dudley mystery\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: some fictional treatments\u003cbr\u003eNotes on sources\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePicture acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e“Quite simply one of the most enthralling history books I’ve ever read.”—\u003cb\u003eAlison Weir\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Elizabeth I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “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.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Vivacious and absorbing . . . Full of intriguing suggestions, stimulating analogies and shrewd connections.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cb\u003eSarah Gristwood\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, biographer, and journalist. A regular contributor to the\u003ci\u003e New York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIndependent \u003c\/i\u003enewspapers, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eElizabeth and Leicester\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArbella: England's Lost Queen, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Game of Queens\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London and Kent.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305493221605,"sku":"NP9780143114499","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143114499.jpg?v=1767726160","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/elizabeth-and-leicester-isbn-9780143114499","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}