A Queen’s Rebel

by Sam Burnell Book 9 in the Richard Fitzwarren Tudor Historical series.

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Elizabeth I’s reign begins with promises of stability, but the settlement of religion leaves Catholics and Protestants watching one another for signs of disloyalty. Richard Fitzwarren had hoped that Mary I’s persecutions would end with her death; instead, he sees pressure building against landowners and officeholders who remain attached to Rome. Service to Elizabeth now requires him to judge actions he would once have condemned.

Jack, recovering from earlier violence, finally controls an inheritance that others still want to remove from him. His marriage to Catherine and their position among Elizabeth’s nobility remain vulnerable to accusation and faction. The novel examines the early Elizabethan regime through men who supported the queen before her accession but discover that loyalty does not protect them from the coercive work of religious uniformity.