Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xv, 480 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, genealogical tables, map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [461]-468) and index. |
Contents |
Beginnings -- 6 July 1553: the king is dead -- Long live the queen? -- Matilda: Lady of England -- This land grew dark -- Mathilda imperatrix -- Lady of England -- Greatest in her offspring -- Eleanor: an incomparable woman -- An incomparable woman -- The war without love -- By the wrath of god, Queen of England -- Surpassing almost all the queens of this world -- Isabella: Iron Lady -- One man so loved another -- Dearest and most powerful -- "Someone has come between my husband and myself" -- Iron lady -- Margaret: a great and strong laboured woman -- Our lady sovereign -- A great and strong laboured woman -- Might and power -- The queen sustains us -- New beginnings -- 6 July 1553: long live the queen -- Not of ladies' capacity -- A queen and by the same title a king also. |
Subject |
Queens -- England -- Biography.
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Queens -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
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Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
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ISBN |
9780061430763 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0061430765 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780061430770 trade pbk. alkaline paper |
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0061430773 trade pbk. alkaline paper |
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