The Life of Elizabeth IRandom House Publishing Group, 5 окт. 1999 г. - Всего страниц: 560 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An intimate, captivating portrait of Queen Elizabeth I that brings the enigmatic ruler to vivid life, from acclaimed biographer Alison Weir “An extraordinary piece of historical scholarship.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one—not even her closest, most trusted advisers. Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating chronicle, Alison Weir shares provocative new interpretations and fresh insights on this enigmatic figure. Against a lavish backdrop of pageantry and passion, intrigue and war, Weir dispels the myths surrounding Elizabeth I and examines the contradictions of her character. Elizabeth I loved the Earl of Leicester, but did she conspire to murder his wife? She called herself the Virgin Queen, but how chaste was she through dozens of liaisons? She never married—was her choice to remain single tied to the chilling fate of her mother, Anne Boleyn? An enthralling epic, The Life of Elizabeth I is a mesmerizing, stunning chronicle of a trailblazing monarch. |
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November 1558 | 1 |
Elizabeths England | 2 |
The Most English Woman in England | 11 |
God Send Our Mistress a Husband | 35 |
Disputes over Trifles | 54 |
Bonny Sweet Robin | 70 |
Presumptions of Evil | 89 |
Dishonourable and Naughty Reports | 110 |
The Axe Must Be the Next Warning | 269 |
Less Agreeable Things to Think About | 284 |
Princely Pleasures | 297 |
Frenzied Wooing | 311 |
Between Scylla and Charybdis | 331 |
Practices at Home and Abroad | 349 |
The Tragical Execution | 360 |
Eliza Triumphant | 384 |
The Daughter of Debate | 124 |
Without a Certain Heir | 134 |
A Matter Dangerous to the Common Amity | 154 |
Things Grievouser and Worse | 169 |
A Dangerous Person | 185 |
A Vain Crack of Words | 202 |
Gloriana | 219 |
A Court at Once Gay Decent and Superb | 240 |
Great Englands Glory | 401 |
We Are Evil Served | 424 |
The Minion of Fortune | 447 |
The Sun Setteth at Last | 469 |
Epilogue | 485 |
The Tudors | 511 |
A Readers Guide | 533 |
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