Elizabeth, The Queen

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<p>In her highly praised<i>The Six Wives of Henry VIII</i>and its sequel,<i>Children of England</i>, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the early Tudor kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of one of England's most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I.</p><p>This book begins as the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign. Elizabeth is portrayed as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. Alison Weir writes of Elizabeth's intriguing, long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, of her dealings - sometimes comical, sometimes poignant - with her many suitors, of her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots, and of her bizarre relationship with the Earl of Essex, thirty years her junior.</p><p>Rich in detail, vivid and colourful, this book comes as close as we shall ever get to knowing what Elizabeth I was like as a person.</p>

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<b>Alison Weir</b>is one of Britains top-selling historians. She is the author of numerous works of history and historical fiction, specialising in the medieval and Tudor periods. Her bestselling history books include<i id=yui_3_16_0_1_1496747613956_6576>The Six Wives of Henry VIII</i>,<i>Eleanor of Aquitaine</i>,<i>Elizabeth of York</i>and, most recently,<i>The Lost Tudor Princess</i>. Her novels include<i>Innocent Traitor</i>,<i>Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen</i>and<i>Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession</i>. She is an Honorary Life Patron of Historic Royal Palaces. She is married with two adult children and lives and works in Surrey.

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