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Elizabeth the forgotten years

A groundbreaking biography of Elizabeth I revealing for the first time the woman behind the polished veneer as she confronts challenges at home and abroad: war against the Catholic powers of France and Spain, revolt in Ireland, an economic crisis that triggered riots in the streets of London, and a...

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Main Author: Guy, J. A. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Viking, [2016]
Subjects:
Elizabeth > I, > Queen of England, > 1533-1603.
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A virgin queen
  • A city in fear
  • Crisis and betrayal
  • Brave new world
  • Armada of the soul
  • No warrior queen
  • A funeral and a wedding
  • On the attack
  • The visible queen
  • The enemy within
  • Catastrophe in France
  • "Good Queen Bess"
  • The quest for gold
  • Conspiring against the queen
  • Games of thrones
  • A counter-armada
  • One last chance
  • Seeking deĢtente
  • Opening new fronts
  • Defying the queen
  • "I am Richard II"
  • The queen's speech
  • On a knife's edge
  • The final vigil.

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