The Virgin's Lover

The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, Book 3

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Perdita Weeks

From number-one New York Times best-selling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA Today) comes a riveting and scandalous love triangle between a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambition far exceeds his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them.

In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen, yet one woman hears the tidings with utter dread. She is Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, and she knows Elizabeth’s ambitious leap to the throne will draw her husband back to the center of the glamorous Tudor court, where he was born to be.

Elizabeth’s excited triumph is short-lived. She has inherited a bankrupt country where treason is rampant and foreign war a certainty. Her faithful advisors warn her that she will survive only if she marries a strong prince to govern the rebellious country, but the one man Elizabeth desires is her childhood friend, the ambitious Robert Dudley. As the young couple falls back in love, a question hangs in the air: Can he really set aside his wife and marry the queen? When Amy is found dead, Elizabeth and Dudley are suddenly plunged into a struggle for survival.

©2004 Philippa Gregory Limited (P)2019 Simon & Schuster

Good book but…

The narration of this book is challenging. The narrators voice goes up and down so often I have to keep my device in my hand to compensate by manually working with the volume. Loud then a whisper then loud again..

Great Book

Loved it... And the theory on history matches my own... I will say no more, I don't want to spoil it for anyone who might not already know...

Great story line

Great narration. Story lie starts fast and gets better and better. I highly recommend it

One of my new favorites

Loved the whole story and the reading of the different characters was superb. I was actually sad when I was done with it but I'll be on to the next book book by the same author.

Great historical fiction

Loved the story line and the narration was top notch. Perdita Weeks is my favorite narrator.

really good

I really enjoy Learning history this way. I know there is some literary license but close enough

good book as always but

Another good P.G. novel but the narrator speaks so softly that it's at times difficult to hear her.

The narrator

Loved the story and the description of the characters and settings and the feelings of the characters.

Distracting narrator

The narrator is extremely distracting and detracts from the story. She’s so quiet with non-dialogue that you frequently miss what she’s saying. Her inflections are also odd and don’t always match what’s going on.

Fantastic book and narration

I love how this book shows the story of Amy Dudley, and her perspective. The narrator also does a FANTASTIC job with the voices. One of my favorites from this author! Also love how it shows another perspective on Elizabeth.