Description
Product ID: | 9780099524250 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Elizabeth, the Queen |
Subtitle: | An intriguing deep dive into Queen Elizabeth I’s life as a woman and a monarch |
Authors: | Author: Alison Weir |
Page Count: | 544 |
Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Biography: royalty, European history, Biography: royalty, British & Irish history, England |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Portrays Elizabeth as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. This book tells of: Elizabeth's long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; her dealings with her many suitors; her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots; and, her bizarre relationship with the Earl of Essex, thirty years her junior. Elizabeth the Queen begins as the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary''s disastrous reign - both a woman and a queen, Elizabeth''s story is an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. |
Imprint Name: | Vintage |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2009-01-01 |