Death and the Virgin: Elizabeth I and the Dark Scandal That Rocked the Throne

by Chris Skidmore

Book Overview

In the tradition of Alison Weir's New York Times bestselling Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley, comes the most sensational crime story of Tudor England. On the morning of September 8, 1560, at the isolated manor of Cunmor place, the body of a young woman was found at the bottom of a staircase, her neck broken. But this was no ordinary death. Amy Robsart was the wife of Elizabeth I's great favorite, Robert Dudley, the man who many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312379005
• ISBN13: 9780312379001
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"