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Implicated in the Wyatt Rebellion of 1554, a plot to topple her half sister Mary I from her throne, the young Elizabeth I was imprisoned in the Tower of London, where her mother Anne Boleyn had lost her life. She spent the remainder of Mary’s five-year reign under a dark cloud.

Acclaimed historian Nicola Tallis charts the fascinating relationship between Elizabeth and Mary and explores the Virgin Queen’s tumultuous childhood, facing the predatory attentions of Thomas Seymour and enduring a heartbreaking rift with her stepmother Katherine Parr.

Sparkling, pacey and page-turning. Highly recommended.
– Alison Weir