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Roses have thorns : a novel of Elizabeth I

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE FICTION BYRD (OSH)

Publication Information

Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2013.

Physical Description

415 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.

Summary

Transformed through marriage into Helena, the Marchioness of Northampton, seventeen-year-old Elin von Snakenborg becomes the highest-ranking woman in Elizabeth Tudor's circle. But in a court that is surrounded by Catholic enemies who plot the queen's downfall, Helena is forced to choose between her unyielding monarch and the husband she's not sure she can trust--a choice that will provoke catastrophic consequences. Set in 1565.