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The life of elizabeth i

Presents an exhaustively researched biography that reveals the personality, private life, and romantic intrigues of Elizabeth I.

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  • "Life of Elizabeth the 1st"@en
  • "Life of Elizabeth First"@en
  • "Life of Elizabeth First"
  • "Life of Elizabeth 1st"@en
  • "Life of Elizabeth 1st"
  • "Life of Elizabeth the First"@en
  • "Life of Elizabeth first"

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  • "This volume is a biography of the queen of England from 1558 until 1603, Elizabeth I. She was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. After a lonely and often perilous childhood during which Elizabeth was once imprisoned and was nearly executed by her half-sister, Mary. A 25-year-old Elizabeth ascended to the throne when Mary died. Elizabeth's reign is known as the Elizabethan era, famous above all for the flourishing of English drama, led by playwrights such as Shakespeare and Marlowe, and for the seafaring prowess of English adventurers such as Francis Drake. The author emphasizes Elizabeth's precarious position as a ruling woman in a man's world, suggesting that the single life was personally appealing as well as politically expedient for someone who had seen many ambitious ladies, including her own mother, ruined and even executed for just the appearance of sexual indiscretions. Elizabeth is portrayed as autocratic, devious, even deceptive, but these traits were required to perform a 45-year tightrope walk between the two great powers of Europe at the time, France and Spain. Both countries were eager to bring small, weak England under their sway and to safely marry off its inconveniently independent queen."
  • "Presents an exhaustively researched biography that reveals the personality, private life, and romantic intrigues of Elizabeth I."@en
  • "Presents an exhaustively researched biography that reveals the personality, private life, and romantic intrigues of Elizabeth I."
  • "Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one--not even her closest, most trusted advisers. Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating new book, acclaimed biographer Alison Weir shares provocative new interpretations and fresh insights on this enigmatic figure. Against a lavish backdrop of pageantry and passion, intrigue and war, Weir dispels the myths surrounding Elizabeth I and examines the contradictions of her character. Elizabeth I loved the Earl of Leicester, but did she conspire to murder his wife? She called herself the Virgin Queen, but how chaste was she through dozens of liaisons? She never married--was her choice to remain single tied to the chilling fate of her mother, Anne Boleyn? An enthralling epic that is also an amazingly intimate portrait, The Life of Elizabeth I is a mesmerizing, stunning ..."@en
  • "Chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth I, and discusses both her political and private life; includes information on her relationships with Robert Dudley, Mary Stuart, and Philip of Spain."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Biographies"
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  • "Biography"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Biography"

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  • "The Life of Elizabeth I"
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  • "The life of Elizabeth I"

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