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The Marriage Game

by Alison Weir Book 2 in the Elizabeth I Novels series.

First published 2014

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After becoming queen, Elizabeth I uses courtship as diplomacy while refusing to surrender authority to a husband. Her attachment to the married Robert Dudley fuels scandal, particularly after Amy Robsart’s unexplained death, while foreign princes and English councillors press for a secure succession. The novel follows their relationship across the major crises of Elizabeth’s reign and asks how love could survive when every private choice carried political consequences.

Historical Periods

Northern Rebellion1569–1570 CE Spanish Armada1588 CE Essex Rebellion1601 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Romance

Historical people

Elizabeth I1533–1603 Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester1532–1588 Mary, Queen of Scots1542–1587 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex1565–1601 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley1520–1598 Amy Robsart1532–1560

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