Historical fiction featured book | His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester by Jeane Westin
- My rating: Very good/excellent (based on entertainment value not historical accuracy which I don’t read for) / (nit picky: Elizabeth I referring to herself in the plural drove me crazy)
- New-to-me author: Yes
- Would I read more from this author: Yes
Title: His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester
Author/website: Jeane Westin
Publisher: NAL Trade (a division of Penguin)
Publication date & page count: August ’10 & 390 pages
One of the greatest romances of all time — between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley — is finally revealed through the missing page of his last letter…
They were playmates as children, impetuous companions as young adults and for thirty years were the center of each other’s lives. Astute to the danger of choosing any one man, the Virgin Queen could never give Dudley what he wanted…to be a king…yet she insisted he stay close by her side. Possessive and jealous, they survived quarrels, his two disastrous marriages to other women, her constant flirtations, and political machinations with foreign princes. Yet still, there is no written evidence that confirms the depth of the love between Elizabeth I and her “Sweet Robin.” Or was there? His Last Letter exposes the hidden depths of an impossible love…impossible to fulfill and impossible to stop.
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The cover of that one is gorgeous! I’m glad to see you enjoyed it so much!
Hi Marcia, I’m sorry that the use of the “royal we” which is still in use bothered you. But I’m happy you liked His Last Letter.
Jeane Westin
Jeane ~ Thank you for stopping by The Printed Page today. The “royal we” kept throwing me off when reading HLL because my ‘mind’ would revert to thinking the Queen and who else? In using the “royal we” is the king or queen referring to their self and country, in this case England? I’m actually quite surprised, I don’t know why, that the “royal we” is still used today.
I very much enjoyed HLL and I’m looking forward to picking up the Kindle edition of The Virgin’s Daughters.
Saw this at Indigo and just sighed… Hmmm making it hard for me to keep to by book buying ban…. especially since you rated it as very good / excellent… Arghhhhh…. must go break the BANK!
Thanks again Marcia