Elizabeth I and her circle / Susan Doran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doran, Susan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queens--Great Britain--Biography.

Queens.

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

Great Britain.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.

Elizabeth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. Using a wide range of original sources - including private letters, portraits, verse, drama, and state papers - Susan Doran provides a vivid and often dramatic account of political life in Elizabethan England and the queen at its centre, offering a deeper insight into Elizabeth's emotional and political conduct - andchallenging many of the popular myths that have grown up around her. It is a story replete with fascinating questions. What was the true na

Contents:

Parents and siblings

The Suffolk cousins

Mary Queen of Scots

James VI of Scotland

'Eyes': Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

'Lids': Sir Christopher Hatton

Her 'most humble vassall': Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex

The women who served

'Sir Spirit': Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley

The 'Moor': Sir Francis Walsingham

The 'Pygmy': Sir Robert Cecil.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-103356-1

1-336-09913-5

0-19-103355-3

OCLC:

904338779