Elizabeth : the forgotten years / John Guy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guy, J. A. (John Alexander), author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.

Elizabeth.

Queens--Great Britain--Biography.

Queens.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 493 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking, [2016]

Summary:

A groundbreaking biography of Elizabeth I revealing for the first time the woman behind the polished veneer as she confronts challenges at home and abroad: war against the Catholic powers of France and Spain, revolt in Ireland, an economic crisis that triggered riots in the streets of London, and a conspiracy to place her cousin Mary Queen of Scots on her throne.

Contents:

Introduction: A virgin queen

A city in fear

Crisis and betrayal

Brave new world

Armada of the soul

No warrior queen

A funeral and a wedding

On the attack

The visible queen

The enemy within

Catastrophe in France

"Good Queen Bess"

The quest for gold

Conspiring against the queen

Games of thrones

A counter-armada

One last chance

Seeking détente

Opening new fronts

Defying the queen

"I am Richard II"

The queen's speech

On a knife's edge

The final vigil.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [408]-465) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0670786020

9780670786022

OCLC:

918284065