Elizabeth I: The Word Of A Prince; A Life From Contemporary Documents
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few monarchs in history have wielded the written and spoken word with the lethal precision of Elizabeth I, and Maria Perry's Elizabeth I: The Word of a Prince — A Life from Contemporary Documents brings this extraordinary sovereign vividly to life through the very records she left behind. Drawing directly from letters, speeches, proclamations, and eyewitness accounts, Perry constructs an intimate and authoritative portrait of the woman who transformed England into a formidable Renaissance power, allowing Elizabeth to speak — in her own voice — across the centuries. What distinguishes this work from conventional royal biography is Perry's methodical use of primary sources, which grounds every revelation in historical fact while simultaneously illuminating the queen's remarkable intelligence, political cunning, and emotional complexity. The result is a biography that reads as both rigorous scholarship and compelling narrative, capturing a monarch who understood that language itself was an instrument of rule. For readers who believe they already know Elizabeth Tudor, Perry's meticulous assembly of contemporary evidence offers a portrait that is at once more human and more formidable than legend allows.
Author: Maria Perry
Format: Hardback
Published: 1991, The Folio Society
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few monarchs in history have wielded the written and spoken word with the lethal precision of Elizabeth I, and Maria Perry's Elizabeth I: The Word of a Prince — A Life from Contemporary Documents brings this extraordinary sovereign vividly to life through the very records she left behind. Drawing directly from letters, speeches, proclamations, and eyewitness accounts, Perry constructs an intimate and authoritative portrait of the woman who transformed England into a formidable Renaissance power, allowing Elizabeth to speak — in her own voice — across the centuries. What distinguishes this work from conventional royal biography is Perry's methodical use of primary sources, which grounds every revelation in historical fact while simultaneously illuminating the queen's remarkable intelligence, political cunning, and emotional complexity. The result is a biography that reads as both rigorous scholarship and compelling narrative, capturing a monarch who understood that language itself was an instrument of rule. For readers who believe they already know Elizabeth Tudor, Perry's meticulous assembly of contemporary evidence offers a portrait that is at once more human and more formidable than legend allows.