Queen Elizabeth's Daughter
  • Published:
    Mar-2014
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    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Historical
  • Time Period:
    16th Century
  • Pages:
    384
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From Anne Barnhill, the author of At the Mercy of the Queen, comes the gripping tale of Mary Shelton, Elizabeth I's young cousin and ward, set against the glittering backdrop of the Elizabethan court

Mistress Mary Shelton is Queen Elizabeth's favorite ward, enjoying every privilege the position affords. The queen loves Mary like a daughter, and, like any good mother, she wants her to make a powerful match. The most likely prospect: Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. But while Oxford seems to be everything the queen admires: clever, polished and wealthy, Mary knows him to be lecherous, cruel, and full of treachery. No matter how hard the queen tries to push her into his arms, Mary refuses.

Instead, Mary falls in love with a man who is completely unsuitable. Sir John Skydemore is a minor knight with little money, a widower with five children. Worst of all, he's a Catholic at a time when Catholic plots against Elizabeth are rampant. The queen forbids Mary to wed the man she loves. When the young woman, who is the queen's own flesh and blood, defies her, the couple finds their very lives in danger as Elizabeth's wrath knows no bounds.
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    • First Edition
    • Mar-2014
    • Griffin
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0312662122
    • ISBN13: 9780312662127
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    • Mar-2014
    • Griffin
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1250043794
    • ISBN13: 9781250043795
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    • Mar-2014
    • St. Martin's
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1466840749
    • ISBN13: 9781466840744



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