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View our feature on Sarah Gristwood's Elizabeth & Leicester . Though 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... Read Full Overview

Few relationships fire our imagination like that of Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley—the love affair immortalized in Philippa Gregory’s The Virgin’s Lover —but nearly fifty years have passed since a book has been dedicated solely to their lifelong love. Soon... Read Full Overview