Author

Publication

2009 - Jonathan Cape, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

112,500 words, Guess

Page Count

450 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100224082264
  • ISBN-139780224082266
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009529880
  • OCLC Control Number370357100
  • Better World Books9780224082266
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC942.055092
  • LCCDA355 .B67 2009
  • LCCDA355

Description

"Elizabeth I was born into a world of women. As a child, she was served by a predominantly female household of servants and governesses, with occasional visits from her mother, Anne Bolyen, and the wives who later took her place. As Queen, Elizabeth was constantly attended by ladies of the bedchamber and maids of honour who clothed her, bathed her and watched her while she ate. Among her family, it was her female relations who had the greatest influence: from her sister Mary, who distrusted and later imprisoned her, to her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, who posed a constant and dangerous threat to her crown for almost thirty years. Despite the importance of women in Elizabeth's life, most historians and biographers have focused on her relationships with men. She has been portrayed as a woman who loved to flirt with the many ambitious young men who frequented her court. Yet it is the women in her life who provide the most fascinating insight into the character of this remarkable monarch."--Global Books in Print.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • Elizabeth's womenJonathan Cape2009

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