Elizabeth and Essex : A Tragic History
by Strachey, Lytton
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- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140007679
- ISBN 13
- 9780140007671
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Synopsis
One of the most famous and baffling romances in history-between Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex-began in May of 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was just shy of twenty. Their relationship continued until 1601, when the Earl of Essex was beheaded for treason. And, in a succession of brilliant scenes, Strachey portrays the Queen's and the Earl's compelling attraction for on another, their impassioned disagreements, and their mutual contest for power, which led to a final, tragic confrontation. Here we also have superb portraits of influential people of the time: Francis Bacon, Robert Cecil, Walter Raleigh, and other figures of the court who struggled to assert themselves in a kingdom that was primarily defined by her sovereign, and so now seen through history's lens as Elizabethan England.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42399948-75
- Title
- Elizabeth and Essex : A Tragic History
- Author
- Strachey, Lytton
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140007679
- ISBN 13
- 9780140007671
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Place of Publication
- Harmondswoth
- This edition first published
- 1971