Mine is Legacy by Susan Kay.
It’s an older book, first published in the 1980s, and I haven’t read it in more than thirty years …
On that basis, I should probably re-read it to see if it lives up to my memories.
It’s my favourite book because it’s about the life of Queen Elizabeth I. We studied Tudor England in my final year of high school, and Elizabeth I was obviously a key figure in the Tudor period.
The novel brought Elizabeth to life for me (and several of my classmates) in a way that the textbooks didn’t, and we were all convinced that helped us pass our final exam.
What about you? What’s your favourite novel based on a real-life person?
