Death and the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and the Dark Scandal That Rocked the Throne Paperback Chris Skidmore

from yooperprof

The title is overly dramatic and rather misleading. (I guess you have to sell books.) But "Death and the Virgin Scandal" is fairly well-written, and I learned a lot. The author does discuss the death of Robert Dudley's wife, but it is really only one part of a much longer and complex story - the ...

from gayla.bassham

Nothing special. I likely would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't already read umpteen gazillion accounts of Elizabeth and her myriad marriage proposals. Less emphasis on Amy Robsart than one would have expected.

from john257hopper

This comprehensive and highly readable book analyses the evidence surrounding the mysterious death of Amy Robsart, found at the bottom of a flight of stairs with her neck broken one day in September 1560, at a time when her husband Lord Robert Dudley sought the hand in marriage of the young Queen...

from john257hopper

This comprehensive and highly readable book analyses the evidence surrounding the mysterious death of Amy Robsart, found at the bottom of a flight of stairs with her neck broken one day in September 1560, at a time when her husband Lord Robert Dudley sought the hand in marriage of the young Queen...