Gay Lord Robert [Paperback]

Jean Plaidy (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 414 pages
• Publisher: Distributed by Berkley Pub. Corp (1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425022420
• ISBN-13: 978-0425022429
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,163,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars as usual--plaidy pleases!, August 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Gay Lord Robert (Shadows of the Crown Series) (Hardcover)

this was a very good account of robert dudley's life. i found his relationships with queen elizabeth and lettice knollys to be rather fascinating. if you love the elizabethan era, this one will charm you.

4.0 out of 5 stars No Happy Ending, December 15, 2009

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This review is from: Gay Lord Robert (Paperback)

This is the last book of the Tudor Novels and it's a very nice ending for them. This is the story of two people, Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I, both of whom had to use their wits to survive to end up as they did. They were a pair and they both knew it. Many rumours with around about both of them, concerning both of them and Plaidy doesn't skimp on those details. She even leaves it up to the reader to decide the murder of Dudley's wife. Did he or didn't he or even did she?

Overall this book is better to me than Gregory's The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) because this book is written just like a historical fiction novel should be, not a historical soap opera. Though some parts of the book dragged on, this is still light years better. I liked the interaction between Dudley and the Queen much better. They seemed like ruler and subject, not lover and obsessed girl. I also like how Plaidy handled the incident of Amy Dudley, though I didn't get as good a feel for her as I did in Gregory's book(the only thing I liked better than Plaidy's.) I also liked that she explored his other love interests and showed that he wasn't a perfect man. This book goes from the beginning of his life(and indeed before it) to the very end of his life, to show how his relationship with Elizabeth changed from passion to a mature love.

Overall this is a good ending for the Tudor novels. I borrowed this from my library, but can't wait to own the republished version, A Favorite of the Queen.