Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)
A Study in Insecurity
$26.10
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2019
Summary
Part of the Penguin Monarchs series - short, fresh, expert accounts of England’s rulers - now in paperback
In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. The Virgin Queen ruled over a Golden Age - the Spanish Armada was defeated; English explorers reached the ends of the earth; a new Church of England rose from the ashes of past conflict; the English Renaissance bloomed in the genius of Shakespeare, Spenser and Sidney. But the image is …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141989945 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141989947 |
| Author: | Helen Castor |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 88g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 110mm x 8mm |
| Series: | Penguin Monarchs |
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About The Author
Helen Castor
Helen Castor is an acclaimed medieval and Tudor historian. Her books include the prize-winning Blood & Roses, She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England before Elizabeth, and Joan of Arc, dubbed ‘a triumph of history’. She has presented a range of radio and television programmes for the BBC and Channel 4, including documentaries based on She-Wolves and Joan of Arc. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow Commoner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and was a judge for the 2022 Booker Prize. She has one son, and lives in London.
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