| Lettice Knollys is Queen Elizabeth's cousin on her mother's side. Introduced to court at a very young age, her taste for the high life overtakes her and greed and jealousy of the Queen's relationship with Robert Dudley, the wild courtier and master of horse, is her running obsession. Banished by the Queen for indiscreet behaviour and a sharp tongue, Lettice marries but tires of the marriage when it fails to live up to her imagined 'ideal' life with Robert, Earl of Leicester. By creating a facade of innocence Lettice is able to return to court and the love triangle is reinstated. Outliving the Queen and Robert, Lettice only has her thoughts to comfort her as an old woman living in a Staffordshire village. | ||
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Plot & Themes Time/era of story Love Triangles/Polygons Yes What kind: If one lover chases another... - they alternate Main Male Character Profession/status: Age/status: - 40's-50's Sex makes him Main Female Character Age/status: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Effect of sexing Setting Europe Yes European country: - England/UK Misc setting - castle Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths What % of story is romance related? - 90% How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes Focus of story - Her How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog How much sexing? - 5-9 sex acts |
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