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Elisabetta ISerie
Questa serie si immerge nell'epoca tumultuosa della storia reale inglese, intrecciando intrighi politici, tragedie personali e l'incessante lotta per il potere. Segui il viaggio di una giovane principessa mentre naviga nelle insidiose politiche di corte, nel tradimento e nel pericolo mortale. La sua ricerca di sopravvivenza e verità è ricca di suspense e colpi di scena inaspettati. Immergiti in un mondo in cui ogni decisione può fare la differenza tra la vita e la morte.
A secret letter from a presumed-dead aunt, accompanied by a pearl eardrop, pulls Princess Elizabeth back into a perilous past. Exiled by her half-sister Queen Mary to Hatfield House, Elizabeth learns of the Boleyn family's dire situation. As the daughter of Anne Boleyn, she faces a deadly threat from a master poisoner, whose actions could be backed by royal authority. This gripping tale intertwines royal intrigue with the looming dangers of Elizabeth's lineage.
The story follows Bess Tudor, a twenty-five-year-old woman returning from exile to claim her throne as England's queen. As she approaches Westminster Palace in a grand procession, a sudden shot disrupts the celebration, hinting at the perilous challenges she will face in her new role. The narrative explores themes of power, danger, and the complexities of monarchy during a pivotal moment in history.
It is May 1560. As sinister storm clouds gather overhead, twenty-six-year-old Queen Elizabeth dispatches William Cecil, her most trusted adviser, to Scotland for crucial negotiations. Handsome, ambitious Lord Robert Dudley is at her side. But their leisurely midsummer idyll is cut short when the court’s master lutenist plunges to his death from a parapet beneath the queen’s window. The loyal retainers of Elizabeth’s privy council do not accept the official verdict of accidental death. Their fears are borne out when another tragedy rocks the realm, and points the way to a conspiracy to bring down Elizabeth and seize the throne. As ill winds of treachery swirl around the court, and suspicion falls on those within Elizabeth’s intimate circle, a vengeful enemy slips from the shadows...a traitorous usurper who would be sovereign. With The Twylight Tower, Karen Harper brings a legendary era to life, drawing us into an intoxicating world of majesty and mayhem, political intrigue and adventure...where danger is everywhere...and where a young queen journeys to greatness in the long shadow of her bloodstained past.
Set in 1562, the story follows Elizabeth Tudor as she seeks assistance from London's Royal College of Physicians to combat a devastating plague. Accompanied by the charming Lord Robert Dudley, her resolve is tested when a disturbing effigy depicting her as a pox-ridden figure appears in her royal coach, stirring fears and uncertainties about her reign and health. The narrative explores themes of power, vulnerability, and the looming threat of disease during a tumultuous period in history.
