The Heart of a King

Name: The Heart of a King
Rating: 4.4 (719 reviews)

by David Field Book 6 in the The Tudor Saga series.

First published 2019

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Elizabethan England. Elizabeth I inherits a kingdom divided by religion and scarred by the reign of Mary I. Determined to rule without surrendering authority to a husband, she relies on a small circle of counsellors while foreign monarchs, English nobles and rival claimants attempt to turn marriage and succession into instruments of policy.

The captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, the threat from Philip II and the Spanish Armada, and Elizabeth’s attachment to Robert Dudley force public duty against private loyalty. Celebrated as the Virgin Queen and Gloriana, she must preserve the Tudor settlement while accepting that the political mask sustaining her monarchy also limits the personal life behind it.

Historical Periods

Spanish Armada1588 CE Captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots in England1568–1587 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction Historical Sagas War Fiction

Historical people

Elizabeth I1533–1603 Philip II of Spain1527–1598 Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester1532–1588 Mary, Queen of Scots1542–1587 Francis Walsingham1532–1590 Francis Drake1540–1596 Walter Raleigh1552–1618