{"product_id":"the-marriage-game-by-alison-weir-9780099534624","title":"The Marriage Game","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBestselling historian Alison Weir brings Elizabeth I to vivid life in a novel of intrigue, sex, plots, mysteries and tragedies, with all the colour and pageantry of the Tudor court.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Marriage Game\u003c\/em\u003e by Alison Weir is a captivating story set amidst the vivid backdrop of the Tudor court. It captures the drama and allure of Elizabeth I’s reign, steeped in the intrigue of royal duties and personal desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Weir gets right inside the head of the Virgin Queen. The reader has a blissful sense of seeing history as it happens.' - Kate Saunders, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was an affair that shocked the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth I is the most sought-after bride in Europe. However, despite being formidably intelligent, brave and tempestuous, she is desperately insecure. The tragic events in her past mean she cannot give herself to any man, and yet she relishes the thrill of the chase, the lure of forbidden fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing sex and high-powered diplomacy, Elizabeth plays what becomes known as the \u003cem\u003eMarriage Game\u003c\/em\u003e, dangling suitors to keep them friendly to her kingdom, while holding them off indefinitely. Yet, playing this tantalising game with the married Robert Dudley, the son and grandson of traitors, could cost her the throne...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48010631971052,"sku":"9780099534624","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780099534624-the-marriage-game.jpg?v=1785155120","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-marriage-game-by-alison-weir-9780099534624","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}