Denounced as a traitor, the dashing earl Roberto Devereux has been summoned to the court of Elizabeth I to answer for his crimes. His very life is at stake. And the only way for him to escape the executionerโs axe is to appeal to the queenโs love. But will his own heart betray him? An earlโs secret romance becomes his undoing in Gaetano Donizettiโs royal drama.