Lettice married the Earl of Leicester, whom Queen Elizabeth I loved. Lettice was the mother of the Queen's beloved Earl of Essex who would one day break the Queen's heart. It was always Lettice who spoiled everything for Elizabeth."
Laura J. Miller, Resident Scholar
"Lettice Knollys is Queen Elizabeth's cousin on her mother's side. Introduced to court at a very young age, her taste for the high life overtakes her and greed and jealousy of the Queen's relationship with Robert Dudley, the wild courtier and master of horse, is her running obsession. Banished by the Queen for indiscreet behaviour and a sharp tongue, Lettice marries but tires of the marriage when it fails to live up to her imagined 'ideal' life with Robert, Earl of Leicester. By creating a facade of innocence Lettice is able to return to court and the love triangle is reinstated. Outliving the Queen and Robert, Lettice only has her thoughts to comfort her as an old woman living in a Staffordshire village. "
lizzie, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of My Enemy the Queen
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Plot
Time/era of story
- Elizabethan era
Love Triangles/Polygons
Yes
What kind:
- one man-two women
If one lover chases another...
- they alternate
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
How sexual is this person?
- over 1,000,000 served
How romantic is this person?
- sly seducer
Sex makes him
- more demanding
- wild
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- blissful
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- wealthy
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuous
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- wild
- more bitchy/arrogant
- demanding
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
- castle
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 80%
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- impregnation/reproduction
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English?
Yes
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- Her
Consequences of sex
- abortion
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much sexing?
- 5-9 sex acts
