Elizabeth I
By: Anne Somerset.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 636
Subjects: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603; Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [598]-613) and index.
"Originally published in Great Britain in 1991 by George Weidenfeld and Nicholson Limited, London"