The Queen's Bastard
A Novel
Touchstone · Print & ebook · June 15, 2000
Historians have long whispered that Elizabeth "the Virgin Queen's" passionate, lifelong affair with Robin Dudley, Earl of Leicester, may have led to the birth of a son, Arthur Dudley.
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- Who it’s for
- Court scandal, royal romance, and the Spanish Armada meet in an imagined Elizabethan family history.
- Genres
- Renaissance Fiction, Royal Romance, Renaissance Romance
- Published
- Touchstone, June 15, 2000
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Historians have long whispered that Elizabeth "the Virgin Queen's" passionate, lifelong affair with Robin Dudley, Earl of Leicester, may have led to the birth of a son, Arthur Dudley. In this exquisite sequel to The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, Robin Maxwell fashions a stunning fictional account of the child switched at birth by a lady-in-waiting who foresaw the deleterious political consequences of a royal bastard.
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Set against the sweeping, meticulously rendered backdrop of court intrigues, international scandals, and England's battle against the Spanish Armada, The Queen's Bastard deftly juxtaposes Elizabeth and Leicester's tumultuous relationship with the memoirs of the adventurous son lost to them -- yet ultimately discovered.
Courtly Entanglements
Court scandal, royal romance, and the Spanish Armada meet in an imagined Elizabethan family history.
Come here for
- Elizabethan court intrigue and a passionate royal romance
- A lost heir’s memoir alongside the queen’s tumultuous relationship
Expect
- A sweeping fictional account set against England’s battle with the Spanish Armada
- A juxtaposition of royal turmoil and an adventurous son’s memoirs
Where it sits
| Renaissance Fiction | 54% |
|---|---|
| Royal Romance | 45% |
| Renaissance Romance | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Authors
- Robin Maxwell
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Published
- June 15, 2000
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction