Elizabeth I

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AuthorSomerset, Anne
PublisherKnopf
Bindinghardcover
PublishedNovember 5, 1991
Edition1
LanguageEnglish
Pages636
ISBN-100394544358
ISBN-139780394544359
Weight2.4 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L		 1.7 in × 6.8 in × 9.6 in

Elizabeth I

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Used book in very good condition. Pages and cover are intact, with minor wear. Limited notes or highlighting are possible. CDs and access codes may be missing.

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Glitteringly Detailed And Engagingly Written, The Magisterial Elizabeth I Brings To Vivid Life The Golden Age Of Sixteenth-century England And The Uniquely Fascinating Monarch Who Presided Over It. A Woman Of Intellect And Presence, Elizabeth Was The Object Of Extravagant Adoration By Her Contemporaries. She Firmly Believed In The Divine Providence Of Her Sovereignty And Exercised Supreme Authority Over The Intrigue-laden Tudor Court And Elizabethan England At Large. Brilliant, Mercurial, Seductive, And Maddening, An Inspiration To Artists And Adventurers And...

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Glitteringly Detailed And Engagingly Written, The Magisterial Elizabeth I Brings To Vivid Life The Golden Age Of Sixteenth-century England And The Uniquely Fascinating Monarch Who Presided Over It. A Woman Of Intellect And Presence, Elizabeth Was The Object Of Extravagant Adoration By Her Contemporaries. She Firmly Believed In The Divine Providence Of Her Sovereignty And Exercised Supreme Authority Over The Intrigue-laden Tudor Court And Elizabethan England At Large. Brilliant, Mercurial, Seductive, And Maddening, An Inspiration To Artists And Adventurers And The Subject Of Vicious Speculation Over Her Choice Not To Marry, Elizabeth Became The Most Powerful Ruler Of Her Time. Anne Somerset Has Immortalized Her In This Splendidly Illuminating Account. As Toward A Child...as Ever I Knew Any -- The Noblest Man Unmarried In This Land -- The Second Person In The Realm -- God Hath Raised Me High -- So Great A Lady That There Could Be No Hold Taken Of Her -- Contrarily Threatenings And Chidings -- The General Cause Now Of Christendom -- The Rarest Creature That Was In Europe These 500 Years -- The Weaving Of Penelope -- The Phoenix And Her Nest -- The Blood Even Of Her Own Kinswoman -- I Myself Will Take Up Arms -- The Only Wonder Of Time's Begetting -- The Tribute Of All Mortal Creatures. Anne Somerset. Originally Published In Great Britain In 1991 By George Weidenfeld And Nicholson Limited, London Includes Bibliographical References (p. [598]-613) And Index.


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