Guest Bio
David Lee is an Irish historian who specialises in women’s history, particularly women in power from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. He also has an interest in the history of courtship and marriage. David is the author of The Queen’s Frog Prince: The Courtship of Elizabeth I and the Duke of Anjou and The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley. He lives in Kildare with his husband, Victor.
Natalie Grueninger speaks with David Lee about his new book, ‘The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley’.
Tune in to hear Natalie and David discuss:
– William’s pre-reign relationship with Elizabeth I
– The Cecil women
– William the family man
– William Cecil’s health
– Robert Cecil’s rise to power
– Lord Burghley’s family legacy and descendants
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