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          The Marriage Game

          The Marriage Game

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          Bestselling historian Alison Weir brings Elizabeth I to vivid life in a novel of intrigue, sex, plots, mysteries and tragedies, amid all the colour and pageantry of the Tudor court. '[Weir] gets right inside the head of the Virgin Queen.

          Bestselling historian Alison...

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          Product ID:9780099534624
          Product Form:Paperback / softback
          Country of Manufacture:GB
          Title:The Marriage Game
          Authors:Author: Alison Weir
          Page Count:432
          Subjects:Historical fiction, Historical fiction
          Description:Select Guide Rating
          Bestselling historian Alison Weir brings Elizabeth I to vivid life in a novel of intrigue, sex, plots, mysteries and tragedies, amid all the colour and pageantry of the Tudor court. '[Weir] gets right inside the head of the Virgin Queen.

          Bestselling historian Alison Weir brings Elizabeth I to vivid life in a novel of intrigue, sex, plots, mysteries and tragedies, amid all the colour and pageantry of the Tudor court.

          ''[Weir] gets right inside the head of the Virgin Queen. The reader has a blissful sense of seeing history as it happens.'' - Kate Saunders, The Times

          It was an affair that shocked the world.

          Elizabeth I is the most sought-after bride in Europe. But though she is formidably intelligent, brave and tempestuous, she is desperately insecure. The tragic events in her past mean she cannot give herself to any man, and yet she relishes the thrill of the chase, the lure of forbidden fruit.

          And so, using sex and high-powered diplomacy, she plays what becomes known as the ''Marriage Game'', dangling suitors to keep them friendly to her kingdom, while holding them off indefinitely.
          But playing this tantalising game with the married Robert Dudley, the son and grandson of traitors, could cost her the throne…


          Imprint Name:Arrow Books Ltd
          Publisher Name:Cornerstone
          Country of Publication:GB
          Publishing Date:2015-04-23

          Additional information

          Weight304 g
          Dimensions200 × 141 × 27 mm