Author: Kathryn Hinds
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761425427
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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Describes daily life in Elizabethan England.

Author: William W. Lace
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781590180983
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A biography of England's Queen Elizabeth I, looking as well as the members of her court and how they served her.

Author: Robert Hardman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 163936045X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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The hotly anticipated American edition of Robert Hardman's biography of Queen Elizabeth (formerly Our Queen in the U.K.)—An intimate portrait of England's soon-to-be longest reigning queen, in celebration of her diamond jubilee—and the first-ever book interview with her grandson, Prince William. History has known no monarch like her. She has traveled farther than all her predecessors put together and lived longer than any of them. She has known more historic figures than anyone alive—from Churchill to Mandela, de Gaulle to Obama. Now, the distinguished royal writer Robert Hardman has been granted special access to the world of Queen Elizabeth II to produce this enthralling new portrait of one of the most popular pubic figures on earth. Not only has Elizabeth II reigned through Britain’s transformation from an imperial power to a multi-cultural nation, but she has also steered the monarchy through more reforms in the last twenty-five years than in the previous century. Queen Elizabeth II sits at the head of an ancient institution that remains simultaneously popular, regal, inclusive, and relevant in a twenty-first-century world. It is down to neither luck nor longevity: it is down to the shrewd judgment of a thoroughly modern monarchy—with no small assistance from the longest-serving consort in history. Here is the inside story.

Author: William Lashner
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1368045987
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Welcome to Elizabeth Webster's world, where the common laws of middle school torment her days . . . and the uncommon laws of an even weirder realm govern her nights. Elizabeth Webster is happy to stay under the radar (and under her bangs) until middle school is dead and gone. But when star swimmer Henry Harrison asks Elizabeth to tutor him in math, it's not linear equations Henry really needs help with-it's a flower-scented, poodle-skirt-wearing, head-tossing ghost who's calling out Elizabeth's name. But why Elizabeth? Could it have something to do with her missing lawyer father? Maybe. Probably. If only she could find him. In her search, Elizabeth discovers more than she is looking for: a grandfather she never knew, a startling legacy, and the secret family law firm, Webster & Son, Attorneys for the Damned. Elizabeth and her friends soon land in court, where demons and ghosts take the witness stand and a red-eyed judge with a ratty white wig hands out sentences like sandwiches. Will Elizabeth's father arrive in time to save Henry Harrison-and is Henry the one who really needs saving? Set in the historic streets of Philadelphia, this riveting middle-grade mystery from New York Times bestselling author William Lashner will have readers banging their gavels and calling for more from the incomparable Elizabeth Webster.

Author: Marjorie Reeves
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780582034020
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Using primary sources, chronicles the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and describes the duties of the members of her Court.

Author: Anna Whitelock
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374239789
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 481

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"Originally published in 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing, Great Britain, as Elizabeth's Bedfellows: An Intimate History of the Queen's Court"--T.p. verso.

Author: Susan Doran
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199574952
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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The inside story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. It is a vivid and often dramatic account, offering a deeper insight into Elizabeth's emotional and political conduct, and challenging many popular myths about her.

Author: Anna Whitelock
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408833638
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 669

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Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay Elizabeth's bedchamber, closely guarded by the favoured women who helped her dress, looked after her jewels and shared her bed. Elizabeth's private life was of public, political concern. Her bedfellows were witnesses to the face and body beneath the make-up and elaborate clothes, as well as to rumoured illicit dalliances with such figures as Robert Dudley. Their presence was for security as well as propriety, as the kingdom was haunted by fears of assassination plots and other Catholic subterfuge. For such was the significance of the queen's body: it represented the very state itself. This riveting, revealing history of the politics of intimacy uncovers the feminized world of the Elizabethan court. Between the scandal and intrigue the women who attended the queen were the guardians of the truth about her health, chastity and fertility. Their stories offer extraordinary insight into the daily life of the Elizabethans, the fragility of royal favour and the price of disloyalty.

Author: Lisa Hopkins
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312035686
Category : Courts and courtiers
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Author: Louis Montrose
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226534758
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 357

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As a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of 16th century patriarchal English society. This text illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction.