Elizabeth Hardwick rose from a modest Derbyshire family through four marriages to become Countess of Shrewsbury, one of the richest women in England and the builder of great houses. Rawson follows her through Elizabethan court intrigue, the long years when her husband kept Mary, Queen of Scots in custody, and the schemes surrounding Leicester and the Scottish queen.
A novelist’s first venture into history, warm and readable, for anyone fascinated by the women of the Tudor age. Download the free EPUB.