Elizabeth I: The Word Of A Prince; A Life From Contemporary Documents
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Few monarchs in history have commanded the pen as masterfully as the sword, but Elizabeth I was no ordinary ruler. Elizabeth I: The Word of a Prince; A Life from Contemporary Documents presents the life of England's most iconic queen through the very letters, speeches, proclamations, and dispatches she and her court produced — allowing the Virgin Queen to speak, with startling intimacy, across the centuries. Maria Perry assembles a rich mosaic of primary sources that chronicles Elizabeth's journey from the vulnerable daughter of the disgraced Anne Boleyn to the formidable sovereign who defied Catholic Europe, outmanoeuvred matrimonial politics, and inspired a golden age of English culture. Perry's scholarship is meticulous yet supremely readable, anchoring grand historical narrative in the vivid texture of firsthand testimony. The result is a portrait far more nuanced than myth allows — a woman of towering intelligence, strategic ambiguity, and volcanic temper, whose carefully chosen words were themselves instruments of power. Published in its characteristically elegant edition by The Folio Society, this volume is as much an archival treasure as it is a biography, inviting the reader to weigh Elizabeth's own carefully crafted self-image against the candid observations of ambassadors, rivals, and intimates. What emerges is a queen who understood, better than anyone, that in the theatre of monarchy, language was the ultimate royal prerogative.
Author: Maria Perry
Format: Hardback
Published: 1991, The Folio Society
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Few monarchs in history have commanded the pen as masterfully as the sword, but Elizabeth I was no ordinary ruler. Elizabeth I: The Word of a Prince; A Life from Contemporary Documents presents the life of England's most iconic queen through the very letters, speeches, proclamations, and dispatches she and her court produced — allowing the Virgin Queen to speak, with startling intimacy, across the centuries. Maria Perry assembles a rich mosaic of primary sources that chronicles Elizabeth's journey from the vulnerable daughter of the disgraced Anne Boleyn to the formidable sovereign who defied Catholic Europe, outmanoeuvred matrimonial politics, and inspired a golden age of English culture. Perry's scholarship is meticulous yet supremely readable, anchoring grand historical narrative in the vivid texture of firsthand testimony. The result is a portrait far more nuanced than myth allows — a woman of towering intelligence, strategic ambiguity, and volcanic temper, whose carefully chosen words were themselves instruments of power. Published in its characteristically elegant edition by The Folio Society, this volume is as much an archival treasure as it is a biography, inviting the reader to weigh Elizabeth's own carefully crafted self-image against the candid observations of ambassadors, rivals, and intimates. What emerges is a queen who understood, better than anyone, that in the theatre of monarchy, language was the ultimate royal prerogative.