TY - BOOK AU - Buckley,Fiona TI - To shield the Queen SN - 0743489071 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Pocket Books KW - Elizabeth KW - Women detectives KW - England KW - Fiction KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Elizabeth, 1558-1603 KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction KW - Novels N1 - "An Ursula Blanchard mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's court"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-328) N2 - Rumor has linked Queen Elizabeth I to her Master of Horse, Robin Dudley. And what rumors, at that: but for his ailing wife, Amy, Dudley would wed her majesty, the gossipmongers are whispering. To quell idle tongues, Elizabeth dispatches Ursula Blanchard to tend to the sick woman's needs. But not even Ursula can prevent the "accident" that takes Amy's life. Did she fall or was she pushed? Was Ursula a pawn of Dudley and the Queen? ER -