The Queen's Rebel: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex

England, 1588. The Spanish Armada has been defeated and everyone in the country rejoices. All except Elizabeth I, who is consumed by a private grief. The Earl of Leicester is dead, and without him by her side, the ageing queen has never felt more alone.

Enter Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. Young, dazzling, and hungry for glory, he is everything Leicester once was, and Elizabeth cannot help but draw him close.

But Rob...