<p><b>Told for the very first time, this is the shocking and extraordinary story of the most-conniving and manipulative Tudor family you''ve never heard of . . .<br><br>???????</b>''A tour-de-force of Tudor history. Remarkable'' <b>DAN JONES</b><br>''Exciting and immersive. An immensely entertaining history'' <b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i></b><br>''This is riveting stuff: death, desire, power and scandal''<b><i>SPECTATOR</i></b><br>''A twist on the Tudors . . . Enormously entertaining - a sheer joy to read'' <b><i>THE TIMES</i></b><br>________<br><br><b><i>Was the House of Dudley out to steal the throne?</i></b><br><br>This was the question on the mind of Elizabeth I''s courtiers when a forbidden book accused generations of the Dudley family of poisonings, plottings, murders, treason, incitement and other ''evil stratagems.''<br><br>For decades, the Dudleys had been close to the throne, rising from nobodies to the land''s highest offices.<br><br>Under Henrys VII and VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and