Elizabeth The Great
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few monarchs in history have commanded such enduring fascination as Elizabeth I of England, and Elizabeth Jenkins's Elizabeth the Great stands as one of the most vivid and authoritative biographical portraits ever written of the Virgin Queen. Jenkins chronicles the life of Elizabeth Tudor from her precarious early years — shadowed by her mother's execution and the dangerous intrigues of the Tudor court — through her triumphant reign as one of history's most formidable rulers, painting a richly detailed picture of a woman who wielded power with extraordinary intelligence, cunning, and charisma. Set against the turbulent backdrop of sixteenth-century England, the narrative captures the constant threats to her throne, her complex relationships with favourites such as Robert Dudley, and the grand geopolitical chess match that culminated in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Jenkins writes with a novelist's flair and a historian's discipline, bringing the queen's formidable personality to life through meticulous research and elegant, measured prose. The biography illuminates the contradictions at the heart of Elizabeth's character — the vulnerability beneath the imperious facade, the romanticism tempered by ruthless political calculation — and argues persuasively that her greatness lay not in spite of these tensions, but because of them. First published by Victor Gollancz in 1958, the work remains a touchstone of Tudor biography, raising the question that still haunts readers: was Elizabeth's celebrated self-mastery the secret of her success, or the greatest sacrifice she ever made?
Author: Elizabeth Jenkins
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Victor Gollancz Ltd
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few monarchs in history have commanded such enduring fascination as Elizabeth I of England, and Elizabeth Jenkins's Elizabeth the Great stands as one of the most vivid and authoritative biographical portraits ever written of the Virgin Queen. Jenkins chronicles the life of Elizabeth Tudor from her precarious early years — shadowed by her mother's execution and the dangerous intrigues of the Tudor court — through her triumphant reign as one of history's most formidable rulers, painting a richly detailed picture of a woman who wielded power with extraordinary intelligence, cunning, and charisma. Set against the turbulent backdrop of sixteenth-century England, the narrative captures the constant threats to her throne, her complex relationships with favourites such as Robert Dudley, and the grand geopolitical chess match that culminated in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Jenkins writes with a novelist's flair and a historian's discipline, bringing the queen's formidable personality to life through meticulous research and elegant, measured prose. The biography illuminates the contradictions at the heart of Elizabeth's character — the vulnerability beneath the imperious facade, the romanticism tempered by ruthless political calculation — and argues persuasively that her greatness lay not in spite of these tensions, but because of them. First published by Victor Gollancz in 1958, the work remains a touchstone of Tudor biography, raising the question that still haunts readers: was Elizabeth's celebrated self-mastery the secret of her success, or the greatest sacrifice she ever made?