Robert P. Wells

The Virgin's Bastard (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Epic in scope and scale, The Virgin's Bastard features a large cast of characters to tell the dramatic story of the first two tumultuous years of the reign of Elizabeth I. Sir William Cecil, England's leading statesman, guides his brilliant but inexperienced young Queen in her struggle to secure her throne against looming threats at home and abroad. Elizabeth inherits a broken realm from her incompetent half-sister, Bloody Maryan England impoverished, religiously divided, weak and all but defenseless. To Catholics everywhere, she is an illegitimate ruler: Anne Boleyn's royal bastard, and a heretic threatening their beliefs. Elizabeth relies on Cecil, her trusted chief advisor, in navigating England's perilous situation as they confront political rivalries at court, diplomatic meddling, and international intrigueespecially treacherous French plans to invade and conquer England, to overthrow Elizabeth in favor of her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots.

As war threatens, her subjects expect Queen Elizabeth to marry a foreign prince for reasons of state. But her heart belongs to her favorite courtier, Lord Robert Dudleyan ambitious nobleman who loves her, and who covets a kingship, but who is married already. How will Cecil outwit France, their greatest adversary in Europe? Will Elizabeth surrender to her forbidden desires? And will Lord Robert conspire to be rid of his estranged wife Amy, so he can marry the Queen himself? Discover the surprising answers in The Virgin's Bastard.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Robert P. Wells
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780463970065
• Artikelnr.: 70916753

Autorenporträt

Dr. Robert Preston Wells, Ph.D. was born in Los Angeles in the middle of the 20th Century and graduated from UCLA (B.A., summa cum laude), the University of Chicago (M.A.) and the University of Edinburgh (Ph.D.), where he also won a postgraduate scholarship, Writer's Bursary from the Scottish Arts Council, and membership in the Scottish Arts Society. He has taught undergraduate courses at UCLA, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Melbourne, and Millikin University in Illinois. He spent almost 30 years as a senior executive in IT publishing (Australian Macworld, Mobile Business, Upside Magazine, Linux Magazine,Technology & Investing, Asia) before semi-retiring to write fiction, and become an indentured servant to dogs and cats. His books include "White Bear," "The Virgin's Bastard," "Overlord / Underhand," "Judith in Hell," "Three True Tales" (short stories), "Veteran's Day" (one-act comedy), and "Journeyman: Selected Poems."

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