Elizabeth I

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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 contempora...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Somerset, Anne, 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.
Subjects:
Elizabeth > I, > Queen of England, > 1533-1603.
Elisabeth (England, Königin, I.)
Elizabeth > I, > Queen of England, > 1533-1603
1558-1603
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
Queens.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1558-1603 (Élisabeth Ire)
Great Britain.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • "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".

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