A new book from the author of the bestsellers “Princess Olga”, “Cleopatra” and “Nefertiti”. A fascinating novel about the greatest queen, whose reign earned the glory of the “Golden Age”. The life of Elizabeth I of England had everything - the anger of her father and the execution of her mother, years of disgrace and a death sentence, almost half a century in power and numerous attempts on her life, the defeat of the Great Armada and the worldwide glory of the Lady of the Seas, worship and curses, love and hatred, devotion and betrayal... There was only one thing missing - marriage. Having refused all the royal suitors, including Ivan the Terrible, Elizabeth went down in history as the Virgin Queen. Why did the most enviable bride of her time, surrounded by brilliant suitors for her hand, never find a husband? Was her heart occupied - or was it a conscious choice, an unwillingness to submit to a man even in marriage? Was the queen really childless or was she...? The facial features of the brilliant William Shakespeare too clearly repeat the royal ones, and there are too many mysteries in his fate... Elizabeth took all these secrets with her, but how tempting it is to try to unravel them...