In 1560, Queen Elizabeth I's close friendship Robert Dudley is frowned on. When Dudley's wife dies a scandal threatens the monarchy. Glasgow 1855, Madeleine Smith is accused of poisoning lover Emile L'Angelier over her scandalous letters.
Gossip has often linked the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I romantically to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Inconveniently, he has a wife, Amy Robsart, often left at home while he attends on the queen at court. In 1560, she is found dead with her neck broken: is this an accident, suicide, or something more sinister?—Peter Brynmor Roberts