Elizabeth and Essex
by Strachey, Lytton
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- Paperback
- Condition
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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
- HALCYON BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000940608
- Title
- Elizabeth and Essex
- Author
- Strachey, Lytton
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- in x in x in
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs