C O N T E N T S

Dedication

1   The Early Years

2   “The Matter of the Admiral”

3   “The Question of the Day”

4   “A Great Resort of Wooers”

5   The Queen in Love

6   “The Weal of the Kingdom”

7   The Brothers of France

8   A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go

9   Mistress of England

Illustrations

Index

Acknowledgments

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

I L L U S T R A T I O N S

1	Elizabeth, c. 1546 (by gracious permission of HM the Queen)
2	Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy (Radio Times Hulton Picture Library)
3	Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire (Radio Times Hulton Picture Library)
4	Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley (National Portrait Gallery)
5	Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel (National Portrait Gallery)
6	Eric XIV of Sweden (SPA Nationalmuseum Stockholm)
7	Philip II of Spain (National Portrait Gallery)
8	Charles, Archduke of Austria (Mary Evans Picture Library)
9	Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (National Portrait Gallery)
10	Charles IX of France (Private collection)
11	Henry, Duke of Anjou (Radio Times Hulton Picture Library)
12	Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (National Portrait Gallery)
13	Francis, Duke of Alençon (Private collection)
14	Elizabeth I, c. 1575 (National Portrait Gallery)