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Penelope: Tudor Baroness
- The Elizabethan Series, Book 4
- Narrated by: Ruth Redman
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A Life of Love and Scandal
Lady Penelope Rich is one of the most beautiful and sought-after women in Elizabethan England. The daughter of the Earl of Essex, she is married to the wealthy Baron Robert Rich. Penelope's life is full of love and scandal. The inspiration for Sir Philip Sidney’s sonnet "Astrophel and Stella", she is involved in the Essex Rebellion. A complex and fascinating woman, her life is a story of love, betrayal, and tragedy.
This is the story of a woman who lived life on her own terms, and it is a story that will stay with you long after you finish listening to it.