The Love of a Queen. Elizabeth of England was the most powerful ruler of adazzling age -- but Elizabeth was also a woman, with a woman's needs, awoman's weaknesses and a woman's capacity to both love and hate. When SirWalter Ralegh became her favorite, the royal court watched in hushedanticipation of the storm about to break. For though Ralegh was young,dashing, handsome and brilliant, he was fiercely ambitious and stubbornlyproud as well, and his scandalous relationship with the Queen's own Maid ofHonour was obvious to all but the Queen herself. Here is the spellbindingsaga of Elizabeth and Ralegh--one of history's most turbulent and tragicpassions, and one of the most terrible vengeances a woman ever took....