Essex's Crown Jewels, Maleficium

The court was buzzing with gossip and rumor, carr francis and james were cockahoop overbury was horrified and then dead. After overbury died, he had two elaborate ceremonies that magnified and glorified his glorious name. On boxing day, robert carr married francis howard and made her the happiest countess of somerset ever. James fully intended to create a vision of unity involving courtiers from across the factions the investiture. But there was a speck of mud on the countess's magnificent dress. And that speck ofmud would spread, go forth and multiply among the public. I imagine that as southampton approached, the new earl