Queen's Delight

Description for QUEEN'S DELIGHT by Constance Fecher:

Walter Ralegh, bold, dashing and adventurous, came to Queen Elizabeth's notice through his daring exploits in Ireland...soon he became her 'most dear delight'...

But his life-long desire to sail to distant seas, to found and build an empire, conflicted with his love for the Queen - as did his passion for her Maid of Honour, Bess Throckmorton...

And, once out of Elizabeth's favour, the malicious intrigue of the astute Cecil and his followers wove round him a web that was both vicious and deadly....

The first book in the magnificent trilogy this is continued with TRAITOR'S SON & KING'S LEGACY.