- Published: 1 July 2015
- ISBN: 9780099534624
- Imprint: Arrow
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 432
- RRP: $32.99
The Marriage Game
- Published: 1 July 2015
- ISBN: 9780099534624
- Imprint: Arrow
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 432
- RRP: $32.99
Elizabeth explodes from the page, a full-blooded woman, all desire, passion and vulnerability . . . a breathtaking story of secrets and lies.
Kate Williams, author of BECOMING QUEEN and JOSEPHINE
With the vogue for Tudor history at its height, this is a brilliant novel that focuses on the volatile relationship with Elizabeth I and the charismatic Lord Dudley.
Woman and Home
[Weir] gets right inside the head of the Virgin Queen. The reader has a blissful sense of seeing history as it happens.
Kate Saunders, The Times
Politics, historical detail and unfulfilled love in Alison Weir's endlessly fascinating account of Elizabeth I's attempt reconcile her personal passions with public life . . . The sheer weight of Weir’s scholarship underpins the narrative, making it endlessly fascinating.
Sunday Express
Alison Weir brings all her knowledge of Elizabeth I to vivid life . . . The Marriage Game is a dramatic, complex and deeply poignant tale of intrigue, love and loss. Fantastic.
Books Monthly
Based on in-depth knowledge of Elizabeth’s court, and the intrigues that swirled around it, the novel has the benefit of both verisimilitude and captivating story-telling.
Choice Magazine
The captivating, tempestuous, often hilarious and ultimately poignant story of the extraordinary love affair between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley
Historical Novel Review