THE VIRGIN QUEEN'S DAUGHTER A historical novel based on long-standing rumors that Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, had given birth to an illegitimate child follows young Elinor de Lacy--the purported daughter of Elizabeth and her married guardian, Thomas Seymour--who is sent to become a lady-in-waiting to the queen, unprepared for the glitter or the viciousness of the court. 25,000 first printing.