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Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, : Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth. Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. Written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript never printed. To which is added a preface by Dr. Drake

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1706.
Call number: 147168
Creator: Leicester, Robert Dudley (1532?-1588)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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