Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years
Author(s): John Guy
An ageing queen, an heirless state, conspiracy all round: here is the court of Elizabeth I as never known before History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power. But the reality, especially during her later years, was not so simple. In 1583 Elizabeth is fifty years old, past childbearing, but her greatest challenges are still to come: the Spanish Armada; the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots; relentless plotting among her courtiers. This gripping and vivid portrait of her life and times - often told in her own words ('You know I am no morning woman') - reveals a woman who is fallible, increasingly insecure, and struggling to lead Britain. This is the real Elizabeth, for the first time.
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Fascinating... A book based on gold-standard research, the kind of thing that puts most popular history writing to shame. -- Kathryn Hughes (on 'My Heart is My Own') Mail on Sunday An absorbing biography ... meticulously researched... scholarly and intriguing. -- Peter Ackroyd (on 'My Heart is My Own') The Times
John Guy is a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and has published sixteen books, including My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Tudor England, Thomas More and The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction. He appears regularly on BBC Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4 and has presented numerous television documentaries for BBC2. He regularly contributes to the Sunday Times, Guardian, Economist and The Times Literary Supplement, among others.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Viking
- : 0.862
- : April 2016
- : 240mm X 162mm X 44mm
- : United Kingdom
- : July 2016
- : books
Special Fields
- : John Guy
- : Hardback
- : 716
- : en
- : 942.055092
- : 512