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Her Favourites and Her Fighting Men. Explores the later years of Elizabeth Is reign through the lives of her key favourites, who she surrounded herself with at court and elsewhere in a refined game of courtly love.These were ambitious men, who operated on uneven, even uncomfortable, ground of eroticised political standing and were played off one another with half promises of financial or political preferment.Walter Raleigh, Charles Blount, Rob...

This will be the first biography of Maitland written, despite his pivotal role in the history of Mary Queen of Scots.

Fresh account of Robert Dudley, favourite and would-be husband of Elizabeth I. Provides a clear explanation of his relationship with Elizabeth, the not so Virgin Queen and his other loves.

This eloquent biography of the most influential nobleman of the Elizabethan Age reveals how Robert Dudley brilliantly captivated the court of Elizabeth I-and the heart of a queen.In many respects Lord Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was the most significant statesman of the Elizabethan Age, ranking only behind the queen herself in precedence. As a great impresario, he honored Elizabeth I to glittering effect and became the forerunner of Shak...

An attempt to unravel the historical factors which brought about the Irish Troubles of the twentieth century, often misunderstood and generalised in British history.

This book seeks to unravel the various historical factors leading to the Irish Troubles of the 20th Century.

Fascinating new biography in to the life and death of Lord Darnley, both comprehensive and engaging.