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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History Paperback - 2002
by Strachey, Lytton
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- Title Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
- Author Strachey, Lytton
- Binding Paperback
- Edition NIS
- Condition Used - CollectibleGood
- Pages 312
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-11-04
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1M5000006NUO_ns
- ISBN 9780156027618 / 0156027615
- Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.46 x 0.73 in (21.08 x 13.87 x 1.85 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Queens - Great Britain, Elizabeth
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
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.
First line
THE English Reformation was not merely a religious event; it was also a social one.