All
the Queen's Men: The World of Elizabeth I
by Peter Brimacombe
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; (June 2000)
Burghley:
William Cecil, Lord Burghley
by Michael A. R. Graves
Publisher: Longman; (December 1998)
Chronicles
of the Tudor Queens
by David Loades
Publisher: Sutton Publishing; (December 2002)
Elizabeth
and Essex: A Tragic History
by Lytton Strachey
Paperback: Harvest Books
ISBN: 0156283107; Reprint edition (March 1996)
Elizabeth
& Leicester
by Elizabeth Jenkins
Publisher: Sterling Publications; (October 2002)
The
Life of Elizabeth I
by Alison Weir
The long life and powerful personality of England's beloved Virgin
Queen have eternal appeal, and popular historian Alison Weir depicts both
with panache. She's especially good at evoking the physical texture of
Tudor England: the elaborate royal gowns (actually an intricate assembly
of separate fabric panels buttoned together over linen shifts), the luxurious
but unhygienic palaces (Elizabeth got the only "close stool"; most members
of her retinue relieved themselves in the courtyards), the huge meals heavily
seasoned to disguise the taste of spoiled meat. Against this earthy backdrop,
Elizabeth's intelligence and formidable political skills stand in vivid
relief. She may have been autocratic, devious, even deceptive, but these
traits were required to perform a 45-year tightrope walk between the two
great powers of Europe, France and Spain. Both countries were eager to
bring small, weak England under their sway and to safely marry off its
inconveniently independent queen. Weir emphasizes Elizabeth's precarious
position as a ruling woman in a man's world, suggesting plausibly that
the single life was personally appealing as well as politically expedient
for someone who had seen many ambitious ladies--including her own mother--ruined
and even executed for just the appearance of sexual indiscretions. The
author's evaluations of such key figures in Elizabeth's reign as the Earl
of Leicester (arguably the only man she ever loved) and William Cecil (her
most trusted adviser) are equally cogent and respectful of psychological
complexity. Weir does a fine job of retelling this always-popular story
for a new generation. --Wendy Smith - Amazon.com
Paperback: 532 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.01 x
8.23 x 5.56
Book Publisher: Ballantine Books (Trd Pap); ; (October
6, 1999)
ISBN: 0345425502
Elizabeth
I: Collected Works
Edited by Leah S. Marcus, Janel M. Mueller, and Mary Beth Rose
Speeches, Letters, Verses, and Prayers
Hardcover: 446 pages
University of Chicago Press (Trd); ISBN: 0226504646;
(July 2000)
Elizabeth
I: A Feminist Perspective (Berg Women's Series)
by Susan Bassnett
Publisher: Berg Pub Ltd; Reprint edition (December 1989)
The
First Elizabeth
by Carolly Erickson
Paperback: 448 pages
St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 031216842X; Reprint edition
(December 1997)
Elizabeth
I
by Anne Somerset
Book 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...
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition (November 1992)
The
Life of Elizabeth I
by Alison Weir
The long life and powerful personality of England's beloved Virgin
Queen have eternal appeal, and popular historian Alison Weir depicts both
with panache. She's especially good at evoking the physical texture of
Tudor England: the elaborate royal gowns (actually an intricate assembly
of separate fabric panels buttoned together over linen shifts), the luxurious
but unhygienic palaces (Elizabeth got the only "close stool"; most members
of her retinue relieved themselves in the courtyards), the huge meals heavily
seasoned to disguise the taste of spoiled meat. Against this earthy backdrop,
Elizabeth's intelligence and formidable political skills stand in vivid
relief. She may have been autocratic, devious, even deceptive, but these
traits were required to perform a 45-year tightrope walk between the two
great powers of Europe, France and Spain. Both countries were eager to
bring small, weak England under their sway and to safely marry off its
inconveniently independent queen. Weir emphasizes Elizabeth's precarious
position as a ruling woman in a man's world, suggesting plausibly that
the single life was personally appealing as well as politically expedient
for someone who had seen many ambitious ladies - including her own mother
- ruined and even executed for just the appearance of sexual indiscretions.
The author's evaluations of such key figures in Elizabeth's reign as the
Earl of Leicester (arguably the only man she ever loved) and William Cecil
(her most trusted adviser) are equally cogent and respectful of psychological
complexity. Weir does a fine job of retelling this always-popular story
for a new generation. Wendy Smith - Amazon.com
(Paperback - October 1999)
Danger
to Elizabeth: The Catholics Under Elizabeth I
by Alison Plowden
Book Description This clearly written and commanding account
of Elizabeth's struggle to maintain and uphold Protestantism is enlivened
by portraits of some of the most fascinating people of the Elizabethan
age. With its rebellions, spies, international intrigue and final victory
for the Protestant succession in the defeat of the Spanish Armada, this
was a colorful era. And Alison Plowden succeeds in explaining the legacy
of religious and political problems which Elizabeth I inherited and shows
how she managed to...
Marriage
With My Kingdom
by Alison Plowden
Elizabeth
Regina: The Age of Triumph 1588-1603
by Alison Plowden
The
Children of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir
The royal family may have its problems these days, but as Alison Weir
reminds us in this cohesive and impeccably researched book, the nobility
of old England could be both loveless and ruthless. Weir, an expert in
the period and author of a book on Henry's VIII wives, focuses on the children
of Henry VIII who reigned successively after his death in 1547: Edward
VI, Mary I ("Bloody Mary") and Elizabeth I. The three shared little--living
in separate homes--except for a familial legacy of blood and terror. This
is exciting history and fascinating reading about a family of mythic proportions.
Amazon.com
Paperback: 400 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.86 x
8.29 x 5.54
Publisher: Ballantine Books (Trd Pap); (July 1997)
ISBN: 0345407865
Elizabeth:
The Struggle for the Throne
by David Starkey
The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, Good Queen Bess; Elizabeth I holds a unique
place in the English imagination as one of the nation's most powerful,
charismatic, and successful monarchs. Elizabeth usually is imagined as
the icy, untouchable figure, re-created memorably on screen by Bette Davis
and Dame Judi Dench, but that vision of Elizabeth ignores the turbulent
years of her early life, from her birth as the daughter of Henry VIII and
Anne Boleyn in 1533 until her accession to the throne in 1558 after the
death of her sister Mary. It is these early years that are the subject
of David Starkey's fascinating Elizabeth, which was written to accompany
the television series about her life.
Starkey argues that Elizabeth, in her first 25 years, "had experienced
every vicissitude of fortune and every extreme of condition. She had been
Princess and inheritrix of England, and bastard and disinherited; the nominated
successor to the throne and an accused traitor on the verge of execution;
showered with lands and houses, and a prisoner in the Tower". He draws
on his skills as a respected Tudor historian to produce a deft account
of the religious, political, and dynastic maelstrom of mid-16th-century
England that reads "like a historical thriller." The book carefully picks
its way through the finer points of contemporary religious conflict and
the peculiarities of Tudor court ceremony, while exploring also the formation
of Elizabeth's character in relation to a murdered mother, a charismatic
father, a tortured sister, and a predatory guardian. Highly readable, and
written with verve and pace, this is a fascinating account of the young
Elizabeth. --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk
Hardcover: 384 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.27 x
9.55 x 6.46
Publisher: HarperCollins; (November 21, 2000)
ISBN: 0060184973
Elizabeth:
The Struggle for the Throne
by David Starkey
(Paperback -- December 4, 2001)
Fanfare
for Elizabeth
by Edith Sitwell
Publisher: Dufour Editions; Reprint edition (December 1989)
Leicester
and the Court: Essays on Elizabethan Politics
by Simon Adams
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr; (June 2002)
The
Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics : The Political Career of Robert Devereux,
2nd Earl of Essex, 1585-1597
by Paul E. J. Hammer
Book Description The Earl of Essex was the last great favorite
of Elizabeth I and the leading cultural patron of the final years of her
reign. Dazzled by the "romantic" relationship with the queen, modern writers
have branded Essex a dandy, a military incompetent, and a political dabbler,
and have blamed him for the bitter factionalism that plagued English politics
in the 1590s. Using an unparalleled range of manuscript and printed sources,
this book presents a very different image of Essex and of the outbreak
of factionalism in Elizabethan politics.
Monarchy
and Matrimony
by Susan Doran
Publisher: Routledge; (March 1996)
Oxford:
Son of Queen Elizabeth I
by Paul Streitz
(Hardcover - November 2001)
Philip
of Spain
by Henry Arthur Francis Kamen
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr; (March 1999)
ISBN: 0300078005
Queen
Elizabeth I
by John E. Neale
Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub; Reprint edition (August 1992)
The
Queen's Conjurer: The Science and Magic of Dr. John Dee, Adviser to Queen
Elizabeth I
by Benjamin Woolley
Publisher: Owl Books; (February 1, 2002)
The
Reign of Elizabeth I
by Carole Levin
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; (February 2002)
The
Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power
by Carole Levin
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press; (July 1994)
The
Reign of Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade
by John Guy (Editor)
Book Description This book is about the politics and political
culture of the "last decade" of the reign of Elizabeth I, in effect the
years 1585 to 1603. It takes a critical and provocative look at the declining
Virgin Queen. Many teachers and their students have failed to consider
the "last decade" in its own right, or have ignored it, having begun their
accounts in 1558 and struggled on to the defeat of the Armada in 1588.
Only two major political surveys have been attempted since 1926. Neither
allots adequate space to Crown patronage, Puritanism and religion, society
and the economy, political thought, and literature and drama. This book
will be indispensable to a fuller understanding of the age.
Hardcover: 313 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.92 x
9.27 x 6.27
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; (September 1995)
ISBN: 0521443415
The
Sign of the Golden Grasshopper: A Life of Sir Thomas Gresham
by Perry E. Gresham, et al
Publisher: Jameson Books; (May 1, 1995)
Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate
by Harry Kelsey
Listed under Spanish Armada
Two
Queens in One Isle
by Alison Plowden
Paperback: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x
8.43 x 5.29
Publisher: Sutton Publishing; ; (December 1999)
ISBN: 0750921684
The
Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I, Genius of the Golden Age
by Christopher Hibbert
Writing
Renaissance Queens
by Lisa Hopkins
Publisher: Univ of Delaware Pr; (October 2002)
Virgin
: A Novel
by Robin Maxwell
(Hardcover - June 2001)
Sir
Stephen Powle of Court and Country: Memorabilia of a Government Agent for
Queen Elizabeth I, Chancery Official, and English Country Gentleman
by Virgina F. Stern
(Hardcover - June 1992)
The
Word of a Prince: A Life of Elizabeth I from Contemporary Documents
by Maria Perry
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer; (March 1996)
Elizabeth 1998 VHS
Starring: Cate Blanchett
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