In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the ea kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of England's most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I. This book begin the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign. Elizabeth is portraved as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. Alison Weir writes of Elizabeth...
In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the ea kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of England's most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I. This book begin the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign.
Elizabeth is portraved as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. Alison Weir writes of Elizabeth's intriguing, long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, of her dealings - sometimes comical, sometimes poignant -with her many suitors, of her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots, and of her bizarre relationship with the Earl of Essex, thirty years her junior. Rich in detail, vivid and colourful, this book comes as close as we shall ever get to knowing what Elizabeth I was like as a person. Книга «Elizabeth The Queen» автора Элисон Уэйр оценена посетителями КнигоГид, и её читательский рейтинг составил 8.00 из 10.
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