England, 1514, Tudor rule. Fate pits the brave duelist against the proud sister of King Henry VIII in a serious duel. Will two ardent hearts be able to resist the voice of reason, court envy and treachery? In the Prime of Chivalry, the debut novel by American writer Charles Major (1856–1913), was a runaway success, making it onto the New York Times bestseller list and being filmed several times.-----------Love Lived On triumphed at all times. This truth is perfectly illustrated by the novel “The Secret of Queen Elizabeth,” written by the prominent American writer Robert Neilson Stephens (1867–1906), which takes readers into the unique atmosphere of intrigue, love and art in London during the late Tudors, where real characters act alongside fictional characters, including the great Shakespeare. The young actor Gel Merriott, by chance, finds himself in the royal garden, where Queen Elizabeth herself discovers him. The young man faces arrest, but the queen has changed her anger to mercy and invites Merriot to prove his devotion to her by completing one secret assignment...