Mackrodt, Carol

The Manner of Amy's Death, my first e-published book, re-examines the strange death of Amy Robsart, Robert Dudley's wife, and comes to a startling, but I believe entirely possible, conclusion - one which has hitherto been ignored. It is first and foremost a fictional account of Amy's life (about which very little is known) and sets it against the political background of the time, the disgrace and execution of the Duke of Northumberland (Robert Dudley's father), Mary Tudor's reign and the Wyatt rebellion, Jane and Katherine Grey and the plots surrounding them, Queen Elizabeth I's scandalous rel...