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Elizabeth I, both as a queen and as a human being, was a remarkable woman. Filled by a fierce and consuming passion to play her role as Queen of England, she aroused a tremendous devotion in Her subjects and a profound loyalty in her immediate advisers, which was unshaken by her frequently harsh and even brutal treatment of them.
Despite the pleas of her counsellors and the need to provide an heir to the throne, she refused to marry and, for the first time, a satisfactory explanation of her attitude is found in this book.
Using contemporary sources and various collection of letters, Miss Jenkins has produced an enthralling portrait: first, of the unhappy, insecure young princes who, before she was twenty, had lost every close, loved relative; second, of the young queen blessed with extraordinary gifts of mastering detail and of her genius in finance and administration; finally, of her uncanny skill in diplomacy.
Here, then, is an immediate, personal and living portrait of a great woman as she really was to her contemporaries. Except where she played vigorous part in their shaping, historical events are kept to brief outlines With such a subject, the vividness, authority and perception of this gifted author are shown to advantage and, from every point of view, this book will be read with delight and kept to browse through again and again.
ISBN: ELIZABETHTHEG
