An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual--though, as she maintained, a virgin--Elizabeth I is famed as England's most successful ruler. David Starkey's brilliant new biography concentrates on Elizabeth's formative years--from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558--and shows how the experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs.
From princess and heir-apparent to bastardized and disinherited royal, accused traitor to head of the princely household, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and extreme of condition--and rose above it all to reign during a watershed moment in history. A uniquely absorbing tale of one young woman's turbulent, courageous, and seemingly impossible journey toward the throne, Elizabeth is the exhilarating story of the making of a queen.
| ISBN: | 9780061367434 |
| Publication date: | 25th September 2007 |
| Author: | Rodger Kamenetz |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Genres: |
European history History and Archaeology Biography: general Biography: historical, political and military Biography: royalty Memoirs True war and combat stories Gender studies: women and girls Ethnic groups and multicultural studies General and world history European history: medieval period, middle ages Social and cultural history Military history History and Archaeology |
An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual--though, as she maintained, a virgin--Elizabeth I is famed as England's most successful ruler. David Starkey's brilliant new biography concentrates on Elizabeth's formative years--from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558--and shows how the experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs.From princess and heir-apparent to bastardized and disinherited royal, accused traitor to head of the princely household, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and extreme of condition--and rose above it all to reign during a watershed moment in history.
Elizabeth features in the following genres: European history, History and Archaeology, Biography: general, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: royalty, Memoirs, True war and combat stories, Gender studies: women and girls, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, General and world history, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Social and cultural history, Military history, History and Archaeology
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Elizabeth was written by Rodger Kamenetz and published by Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins
Elizabeth has 400 pages