Cover art for Elizabeth's Rival
Published
Michael O'Mara, February 2018
ISBN
9781782437932
Format
Softcover, 400 pages
Dimensions
23.4cm × 15.3cm

Elizabeth's Rival The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester

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Cousin to Elizabeth I (although it's likely that they were far closer than that) and grandniece to Anne Boleyn, Lettice Knollys was destined to be a prominent figure at court. But her life would be one of dizzying highs and pitiful lows - caught in a love triangle with Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I, banished from court, embroiled in treason, losing a husband to the executioner's axe and further husbands and children to war and sickness.

At different times Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester, Lettice lived from the reign of Henry VIII through to Charles I, her story offering an extraordinary and intimate perspective on the history of the period.

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