num_pages: 448
description: In this remarkable biography, Carolly Erickson brings Elizabeth I to life and allows us to see her as a living, breathing, elegant, flirtatious, diplomatic, violent, arrogant, and outrageous woman who commands our attention, fascination, and awe.With the special skill for which she is acclaimed, Carolly Erickson electrifies the senses as she evokes with total fidelity the brilliant colors of Elizabethan clothing and jewelry, the texture of tapestries, and even the close, perfumed air of castle rooms. Erickson demonstrates her extraordinary ability to discern and bring to life psychological and physical reality.
language: English
title: The First Elizabeth
titlecomplete: The First Elizabeth
characters: Elizabeth I of England, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, William Cecil, Thomas Seymour, Philip II of Spain, Francis, Duke of Anjou, Francis Walsingham
genres: Elizabethan Period, British Literature, Historical, History, Tudor Period, European History, Biography Memoir, Biography, 16th Century, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1867
places: United Kingdom, England
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Gold)
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin