Susan Doran teaches at St Benet's Hall and is Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. She has published numerous books on Tudor history, including The Tudor Chronicles (Quercus, 2008). Her work has included consultancies for the media, and she has edited catalogues for three major exhibitions in London. She has regularly been interviewed for radio and TV programmes, and is currently planning an exhibition with the Bodleian Library on Stuart Successions. She is married with two adult children.

Introduction

Part I: Kin
1. Parents and siblings
2. Suffolk Cousins
3. Mary Queen of Scots
4. James VI of Scotland

Part II: Courtiers
5. 'Eyes': Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester
6. 'Lids': Sir Christopher Hatton
7. Her 'moste humble vassall': Robert Devereux, second earl of Essex
8. 'The women who serve'

Part III: Councillors
9. 'Sir Spirit': Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley
10. 'Her Moor: Sir Francis Walsingham
11. 'Pygmy': Sir Robert Cecil

Epilogue
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Part 1: Kin
1. Parents and Siblings
2. The Suffolk Cousins
3. Mary Queen of Scots
4. James VI of Scotland
Part 2: Courtiers
5. 'Eyes': Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
6. 'Lids': Sir Christopher Hatton
7. Her 'moste humble vassall': Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex
8. The Women who Served
Part 3: Councillors
9. 'Sir Spirit': Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley
10. The 'Moor': Sir Francis Walsingham
11. The 'Pygmy': Sir Robert Cecil
Epilogue
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index