The Virgins Lover

About this book

In the autumn of 1558 church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. One woman hears the tidings with utter dread. She is Amy Dudley wife of Sir Robert and she knows that Elizabeths ambitious leap to the throne will draw her husband back to the center of the glamorous Tudor court where he was born to be. Philippa Gregorys The Virgins Lover answers the question about an unsolved crime that has fascinated detectives and historians for centuries. Intelligent romantic and compelling The Virgins Lover presents a young woman on the brink of greatness a young man whose ambition exceeds his means and the wife who cannot forgive them.