Elizabeth and Essex: a Tragic History
by Strachey, Lytton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 800646
- Title
- Elizabeth and Essex: a Tragic History
- Author
- Strachey, Lytton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 7th Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Co.
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; English Literature and History; Medieval and Renaissance History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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