Virgin: Prelude to the Throne

Fiction

Author: Robin Maxwell

…a riveting portrait of Elizabeth I as a romantic and,,vulnerable teenager, dangerously awakening to a perilous,,liaison with the wrong man.,,England, 1547: King Henry is dead. Elizabeth’s half-brother, nine-year-old Edward, is king in name only. Thomas Seymour, brother to the ambitious duke who has seized power in this time of crisis, calculatingly works his way into Elizabet….Read More

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