The Manner of Amy's Death

In the reign of Edward VI, Amy, a beautiful country girl of eighteen, has a chance meeting with Robert Dudley, the son of a wealthy nobleman, which leads to their marriage. When the boy king Edward dies, fame, fortune and a life at court are disastrously cut short by the involvement of Amy's new family in the plot to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England. Facing financial ruin Amy tries to support her imprisoned husband - only to be betrayed by him soon after his release. Gradually abandoned by Robert, Amy now begins to fear for her life as forces beyond her control seem determined to plot against her. When Amy's lifeless body is discovered in a remote manor house near Oxford, gossip is rife that the new Queen Elizabeth and Amy's husband are implicated in her death. The Manner of Amy's Death is a work of fiction based on fact and re-examines the life and strange circumstances surrounding the mysterious and scandalous death of this Elizabethan girl who lived during the terrifying reigns of four English monarchs.