Over the years, many novels have been published about Queen Elizabeth I and her world. Some writers, like Rosalind Miles, have attempted to write the Queen's story from her own point of view, others have written in the third person, and others have written fictional stories about the Queen and her court. Whether a reader's taste is adventure, romance, drama, mystery, or conspiracy, there is a novel to suit. The works of some authors, like Margaret Irwin and Jean Plaidy, have been enjoyed for many years and continue to be popular, whereas other novels have fallen into obscurity. At least one new novel featuring Queen Elizabeth is published every year as her remarkable life continues to inspire writers to write her story.

The list below is not a complete list of novels about Queen Elizabeth I. Given the sheer number, it would be impossible to list them all here. 

Clicking on a highlighted title will take you to that novel's featured page in the Elizabeth I Shop.
 
 

The Queen's Handmaiden - Jennifer Ashley

The Robsart Mystery - Fiona Buckley

The Doublet Affair - Fiona Buckley

Queen's Ransom - Fiona Buckley

To Ruin a Queen - Fiona Buckley 

The Siren Queen - Fiona Buckley 

To shield the Queen - Fiona Buckley

The Huntress (Dark Queen) - Susan Carroll

The Virgin Queen's Daughter - Ella March Chase

The red-haired brat - Joanna Dessau

The Elizabethan Trilogy - George Garret

Elizabeth I: A Novel - Margaret George

The Tudor Secret - C. W. Gortner

The Falcon and the Rose - Diane Grahovac

The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory

The Virgin's Lover - Philippa Gregory

The Other Queen - Philippa Gregory

Stars of Fortune - Cynthia  Harnett

The Queen's Governess - Karen Harper

The Fatal Fashione (Elizabeth I Mysteries) - Karen Harper

The Poyson Garden: A Bess Tudor Mystery - Karen Harper

The Bisley Boy - Chris Hunt

Young Bess - Margaret Irwin

Elizabeth : Captive Princess - Margaret Irwin

Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain - Margaret Irwin

Legacy - Susan Kay

The Queen's Captive - Barbara Kyle

Roanoke: A Novel of Elizabethan Intrigue - Margaret Lawrence

Here Was a Man: A Novel of Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth I - Norah Lofts

The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn - Robin Maxwell

A Favorite of the Queen: The Story of Lord Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I - Jean Plaidy

Queen of this Realm - Jean Plaidy

The Second Sister - Marie Sandeford

In the days of Queen Elizabeth -  Eva March Tappan

The Lady Elizabeth - Alison Weir

His Last Letter - Jeane Westin

The Virgin's Daughters: In the Court of Elizabeth I - Jeane Westin
 
 

OUT OF PRINT

Although these novels are currenly out of print, some of them quite recently, most can be obtained through Amazon. A selection have been added to the Shop.
 

 Elizabeth: The Golden Age : A Novel - Tasha Alexander
 Elizabeth - Evelyn Anthony 
All the Queen's men - Evelyn Anthony 
The Queen's Ward - Dorothy Phoebe Ansle 
The Heart of a Queen - Josephine Delves-Broughton 
The Phoenix and the Dove : a Novel -  Sidney Cunliffe-Owen 
Queen of the dying light - Terry Deary 
Crown Imperial  -   J. Delves-Broughton 
Absolute Elizabeth - Joanna Dessau 
My Lord Essex -  Olive Eckerson 
None but Elizabeth -    Rhoda Edwards 
My Dear Lover England -  Pamela Bennetts 
Envoy from Elizabeth - Pamela Bennetts 
Tower or Throne : A Romance of the Girlhood of Elizabeth - Harriet  T. Comstock 
The heart of a queen - Delves-Broughton, J. (Josephine)
Lady in Waiting - Denise Domning
Elizabeth, the woman:  A novel -  Amanda Mae Ellis
Unicorn's Blood - Patricia Finney
Gloriana's Torch - Patricia Finney
Firedrake's Eye - Patricia Finney 
The succession : A novel of Elizabeth and James -   George Garret 
Death of the Fox : A novel on Elizabeth and Raleigh - George Garret 
Loyal hearts and true : a tale of the days of Queen Elizabeth - Evelyn Everett-Green 
His sovereign lady : A romance of the days of Elizabeth - Charles Gregory
The Queen and the Gypsy -  Constance Heaven
Prelude For Two Queens -  Elsna  Hebe
My Enemy The Queen - Victoria Holt 
The Gay Galliard : The love story of Mary Queen of Scots -Margaret Irwin 
Shadow in the sun : The Secret of Elizabeth I, The Virgin Queen -    Frank Wilson Kenyon
Elizabeth I : Redrose of the House of Tudor - Kathryn Lasky
The Robsart Affair -  Jennette Dowling  Letton
The Young Elizabeth -  Jennette Dowling Letton
The Queen's Bastard: A Novel - Robin Maxwell
Virgin: Prelude to the Throne - Robin Maxwell
The Wild Irish: A Novel of Elizabeth I and the Pirate O'Malley - Robin Maxwell 
Elizabeth : Novelisation - Tom Mcgregor
The Queen's Rings : The True Romance of Elizabeth, Queen of England - Anne Hughston Meeker 
Petticoat King -   Miriam Michelson 
I, Elizabeth : The Word of a Queen - Rosalind Miles
England's Mistress - Maureen Peters
Bess - Constance Pratt 
Chase the Heart - Maggie Osborne, 
A time to lose - Hugh Presto
Mysteries of the Court of Queen Elizabeth -  George W. M. (George William  Macarthur) Reynolds 
Galliard's Hay - Clare Rossiter 
The Sisters -  Hugh Ross Williamson 
To love a Queen: Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth R - Lawrence Schoonover 
The Golden Net - Marjorie Shoebridge 
The Queen Elizabeth story - Rosemary Sutcliff
Fatal Majesty - Reay Tannahill 
Elizabeth, Queen and Woman - Helen Thorpe 
Elizabeth Tudor : Sovereign Lady - Marguerite Vance
The Tower and the Dream -Jan Vlachos Westcott 
My Lord the Fox - Robert York 
 
 


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