To Shield the Queen, Fiona Buckley
To Shield the Queen, Fiona Buckley
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To Shield the Queen

Author: Fiona Buckley

Narrator: Nadia May

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/24/2005

Synopsis

The year is 1560. The setting is the court of Queen Elizabeth. Ursula Blanchard, an impoverished young widow newly come to court, is sent to protect the queens reputation by looking after Amy Robsart, wife of Sir Robert Dudley, courtier to the queen and prime subject of scandalous rumors swirling about the palace. When Amy is found lying with a broken neck at the bottom of a staircase, the future looks ominous for everyone involved.

About Fiona Buckley

Valerie Anand, who also writes as Fiona Buckley, was born in North in 1947. Educated at Mitcham County School for Girls, she knew by the age of six that she wanted to be a novelist. In 1976 her first book was published. She now has over twenty novels published, including the 'Bridges Over Time' historical series, written as Valerie Anand, and the Ursula Blanchard Elizabethan espionage series, written as Fiona Buckley.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on February 25, 2012

The first installment of a highly enjoyable series about an Elizabethan sleuth. Ursula Blanchard makes for an unusual heroine: a resourceful young widow who serves Queen Elizabeth as a lady in waiting, and is offered the chance to supplement her meager income by spying for Elizabeth's intelligence m......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on September 26, 2008

This was a story that has been told many times, about the romance between Robert Dudley and Queen Elizabeth I. However it is taken from a completely different point of view and focuses mainly on what happened to Dudley's wife who was found at the bottom of a flight of stairs with her neck broken. I......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on December 09, 2023

I am so glad I buddy read this one with Kate! This book exceeded my expectations! I highly recommend if you are looking for a historical murder mystery, that works in some “real life” conspiracies during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and her Cousin rival Mary Queen of Scots. The book followed closely......more

Goodreads review by Bookish Ally on December 20, 2021

Read this in a day - a lovely little historical fiction visiting Elizabethan times and that great mystery of the time: the death of poor Amy Robart.......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on January 26, 2024

This is the first historical fiction/mystery I can remember reading from the Tudor era, and I loved all that detail. It was so fun to have parts of the story set in Elizabeth I's court and to have historical characters woven into the plot with fictional characters. The mystery itself is layered and......more

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