Elizabeth's Rival The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester

'Nicola Tallis, one of our great popular historians.' Alison WeirThe first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era.Cousin to Elizabeth I - and very likely also Henry VIII's illegitimate granddaughter - Lettice Knollys had a life of dizzying highs and pitiful lows. Darling of the court, entangled in a love triangle with Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I, banished from court, plagued by scandals of affairs and murder, embroiled in treason, Lettice would go on to lose a husband and beloved son to the executioner's axe. Living to the astonishing age of ninety-one, Lettice's tale gives us a remarkable, personal lens on to the grand sweep of the Tudor Age, with those closest to her often at the heart of the events that defined it. In the first ever biography of this extraordinary woman, Nicola Tallis's dramatic narrative takes us through those events, including the religious turmoil, plots and intrigues of Mary, Queen of Scots, attempted coups, and bloody Irish conflicts, among others. Surviving well into the reign of Charles I, Lettice truly was the last of the great Elizabethans.

ISBN:	9781782439240
Publisher:	Michael O'Mara
Imprint:	Michael O'Mara Books Limited
Published date:	15 Nov 2018
DEWEY:	942.055092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xxxii, 400 , 16 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	432g
Height:	200mm
Width:	130mm
Spine width:	35mm

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