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English Renaissance, Essex, Leicester, Lord Arthur Grey de Wilton, Mathew Lyons, Queen Elizabeth I, Ralegh
The Favourite is an examination of the relationship between Sir Walter Ralegh and Queen Elizabeth I. Ralegh is not usually viewed as engaging the queen’s affections with the same intimacy as Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester and Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex. In the popular imagination, Ralegh’s defining moment as a courtier is to lay his cloak over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth to step on. Lyons sees this famous event -Continue reading>
