Bess: the life of Lady Ralegh, wife to Sir Walter
ISBN:
9781841195421 (1841195421)
Publish date: January 29th 2004
Publisher: Constable
Pages no: 287
Edition language: English
Elizabeth Throckmorton was lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I when she and Walter Raleigh secretly conceived a child and married. Elizabeth (or Bess) delivered her baby in secret, then returned to court as though nothing had happened. She kept up her facade of perfect virginal loyalty toward her queen...