Rebel Stuart

by Jean Evans

This is the story of two women, both little known, but who in their own way might have changed the course of history. Bess of Hardwick, born to the daughter of a humble squire, rose to be Countess of Shrewsbury, the friend and confidante of Elizabeth Tudor and grandmother to a Princess of the Blood. Arabella Stuart, grandchild of Bess and cousin to James I. A child who, but for her own foolishness, might have been Queen of England.

Genres: Historical Fiction

Hardcover

First published June 1, 1971

About the author

Jean Evans was born in Leicester in 1939. She married shortly before her seventeenth birthday and had two married daughters and six grand-children. She gained valuable information and background for her Medical Romances from her husband who was a senior nursing administrator.

Having lived in various parts of the country, including the beautiful Vale of Lywyd, Jean settled in Hampshire, close to the New Forest and within easy reach of the historic city of Winchester.

She was instrumental in forming a Writers' Group in Denbigh, North Wales, and was a member of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.

She also wrote under the pen-name Leonie Craig.