Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: Rival to the QueenAuthor: Carolly EricksonNarrator: Susan LyonsFormat: UnabridgedLength: 9 hrs and 17 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-28-10Publisher: Macmillan AudioGenres: Fiction, HistoricalSummary:From the New York Times best-selling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a novel about the bitter rivalry between Queen Elizabeth I and her fascinating cousin, Lettice Knollys, for the love of one extraordinary man.Powerful, dramatic, and full of the rich history that has made Carolly Ericksons novels perennial best sellers, this is the story of the only woman to ever stand up to the Virgin Queen: her own cousin, Lettie Knollys. Far more attractive than the queen, Lettie soon won the attention of the handsome and ambitious Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a man so enamored of the queen and determined to share her throne that it was rumored he had murdered his own wife in order to become her royal consort. The enigmatic Elizabeth allowed Dudley into her heart, and relied on his devoted service, but shied away from the personal and political risks of marriage.When Elizabeth discovered that he had married her cousin Lettie in secret, Lettie would pay a terrible price, fighting to keep her husbands love and ultimately losing her beloved son, the Earl of Essex, to the queens headsman. This is the unforgettable story of two women related by blood, yet destined to clash over one of Tudor Englands most charismatic men.Contact: [email protected]

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