https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Need-to-Find-Specific-Book-ref-Elizabeth-I/m-p/353397#M148552 <P>I'm trying to identify a novel I once read set in Elizabethan England. It would have been published in the 1960's or 1970's -- not current fiction. It wasn't written from Elizabeth's viewpoint, but one of the secondary characters was <STRONG>Penelope Rich</STRONG>, described as a blonde with brown eyes. (The description stuck with me because I had only known blue-eyed blondes.) One descriptive phrase said, "Her voice was as rich as her name." One portion of the book was set at the battlefield where <STRONG>Sir Philip Sidney</STRONG> died. (Historically some of Sidney's poems are believed to have been written about Penelope Rich.)</P> <P>At one time I read a lot of historical fiction about Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, and Lady Jane Grey -- and even Henry VIII and his wives. I have some notes I made about this particular book, but (naturally) I didn't include the title or author. I've exhausted the references in the Galileo "reads like" data base and any online searches I can think of. </P> <P>This little literary puzzle is really bugging me -- I hope maybe there's a fan of historical novels on this forum who can suggest some authors I haven't thought of, or who may happen to know this particular book. </P> <P>Many thanks for thinking about it!</P> <P> </P> Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:20:13 GMT Honeybit 2013-08-30T21:20:13Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Need-to-Find-Specific-Book-ref-Elizabeth-I/m-p/353397#M148552 <P>I'm trying to identify a novel I once read set in Elizabethan England. It would have been published in the 1960's or 1970's -- not current fiction. It wasn't written from Elizabeth's viewpoint, but one of the secondary characters was <STRONG>Penelope Rich</STRONG>, described as a blonde with brown eyes. (The description stuck with me because I had only known blue-eyed blondes.) One descriptive phrase said, "Her voice was as rich as her name." One portion of the book was set at the battlefield where <STRONG>Sir Philip Sidney</STRONG> died. (Historically some of Sidney's poems are believed to have been written about Penelope Rich.)</P> <P>At one time I read a lot of historical fiction about Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, and Lady Jane Grey -- and even Henry VIII and his wives. I have some notes I made about this particular book, but (naturally) I didn't include the title or author. I've exhausted the references in the Galileo "reads like" data base and any online searches I can think of. </P> <P>This little literary puzzle is really bugging me -- I hope maybe there's a fan of historical novels on this forum who can suggest some authors I haven't thought of, or who may happen to know this particular book. </P> <P>Many thanks for thinking about it!</P> <P> </P> Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:20:13 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Need-to-Find-Specific-Book-ref-Elizabeth-I/m-p/353397#M148552 Honeybit 2013-08-30T21:20:13Z