Publisher's Synopsis
Before she was three years old Elizabeth had been both a princess and then a bastard following the brutal execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn. After losing several stepmothers and then her father, the teenage Elizabeth was confronted with the predatory attentions of Sir Thomas Seymour. Elizabeth was placed in further jeopardy when she was implicated in the Wyatt Rebellion of 1554 - a plot to topple her half-sister, Mary, from her throne. Imprisoned in the Tower of London, under intense pressure and interrogation Elizabeth adamantly protested her innocence. Though she was eventually liberated, she spent the remainder of Mary's reign under a dark cloud. On 17 November 1558, however, the uncertainty of Elizabeth's future came to an end when she succeeded to the throne at the age of 25. When Elizabeth became queen, she had already endured more tumult than many monarchs experienced in a lifetime.
