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The Virgin's Lover

The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, Book 3

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The Virgin's Lover

By: Philippa Gregory
Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
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From number-one New York Times best-selling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA Today) comes a riveting and scandalous love triangle between a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambition far exceeds his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them.

In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen, yet one woman hears the tidings with utter dread. She is Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, and she knows Elizabeth’s ambitious leap to the throne will draw her husband back to the center of the glamorous Tudor court, where he was born to be.

Elizabeth’s excited triumph is short-lived. She has inherited a bankrupt country where treason is rampant and foreign war a certainty. Her faithful advisors warn her that she will survive only if she marries a strong prince to govern the rebellious country, but the one man Elizabeth desires is her childhood friend, the ambitious Robert Dudley. As the young couple falls back in love, a question hangs in the air: Can he really set aside his wife and marry the queen? When Amy is found dead, Elizabeth and Dudley are suddenly plunged into a struggle for survival.

©2004 Philippa Gregory Limited (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Renaissance Women's Fiction
Engaging Historical Fiction • Compelling Character Perspectives • Multiple Perspectives • Rich Historical Details
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The narration of this book is challenging. The narrators voice goes up and down so often I have to keep my device in my hand to compensate by manually working with the volume. Loud then a whisper then loud again..

Good book but…

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Loved it... And the theory on history matches my own... I will say no more, I don't want to spoil it for anyone who might not already know...

Great Book

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Great narration. Story lie starts fast and gets better and better. I highly recommend it

Great story line

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Loved the whole story and the reading of the different characters was superb. I was actually sad when I was done with it but I'll be on to the next book book by the same author.

One of my new favorites

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Loved the story line and the narration was top notch. Perdita Weeks is my favorite narrator.

Great historical fiction

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I really enjoy Learning history this way. I know there is some literary license but close enough

really good

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Another good P.G. novel but the narrator speaks so softly that it's at times difficult to hear her.

good book as always but

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Loved the story and the description of the characters and settings and the feelings of the characters.

The narrator

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Philippe Gregory always has good books. Love to listen to any of them. She just gets better with each one.

Loved

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Ive been hooked on this series for months now and have read the other books with a wreckless disregard for my responsibilities lol! This book was "good" but not "great" only bc it didnt hold my attention like the others have. I could put it down for a few days and the others I cant put down. Will keep on with the series though, overall thats a 10/10.

Love this series

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