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'Breathes extraordinary life into the scandals, political intrigue and gut-wrenching battles that typified Queen Elizabeth's reign...The powerfully lascivious intersections of sexual and international politics...combined with Maxwell's electrifying prose, here make for enthralling historical fiction' Publishers Weekly

Breathes extraordinary life into the scandals, political intrigue and gut-wrenching battles that typified Queen Elizabeth's reign...The powerfully lascivious intersections of sexual and international politics...combined with Maxwell's electrifying prose, here make for enthralling historical fiction (Publishers Weekly)

'well-researched and laced with plausible dialogue and absorbing narrative...a revived interest in the Elizabethan age make this novel highly recommended for fiction collections.' Library Journal

well-researched and laced with plausible dialogue and absorbing narrative...a revived interest in the Elizabethan age make this novel highly recommended for fiction collections. (Sheila M.Riley in Library Journal)

'Tailor-made for moviegoers delighting in Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love...Thundering dialogue supporting plot upon plot' Kirkus Reviews

Thundering dialogue supporting plot upon plot (Kirkus Reviews)

'She writes with pace and passion' Yorkshire Post (Leeds)

'Very readable mix of historical fact and romantic fiction... As a piece of romantic historical fiction the book is hard to put down. As a searing question mark on the accepted history of the Virgin Queen, it is fascinating' Belfast Newsletter

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Could England's 'Virgin Queen', Elizabeth I, have borne her lover, Robin Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a son? Most historians dismiss such tales as idle gossip but others speak of a young man named Arthur Dudley...

Set against the background of the Spanish Armada's invasion of England in 1588, two parallel tales unfold. One is Queen Elizabeth's story: her lifelong and passionate affair with Leicester; her politically dangerous pregnancy and elaborate scheme to conceal it from the world. The other is the story of Arthur, their illegitimate son, born alive but secretly swapped at birth and totally unaware of his true identity. His story collides with that of his mother when, from his adoptive father's deathbed, he hears the amazing truth of his parentage.