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Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who has led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last sixty years with unparalleled composure, intelligence, and grace.
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Queen Elizabeth of England has always been the Virgin Queen — but what if she is no such thing? What if she hasn't been a virgin since she was a teenager?
And what if King Philip of Spain could show evidence of that, and worse, to the misogynistic Puritans surrounding her at Court? The Book of the Unicorn could destroy Elizabeth personally and publicly - but where is it?
A man hanging weeping from the manacles in the Tower of London knows something,...
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A timely and revelatory new biography of Queen Elizabeth (and her family) exploring how the Windsors have evolved and thrived, as the modern world has changed around them, and probing the question of the British monarchy's longevity. In 2021, the Queen Elizabeth II finally appears to be at ease in the modern world, helped by the new generation of Windsors. But through Irving's unique insight there emerges a more fragile institution, whose extraordinarily...
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In Lilibet, master biographer Carolly Erickson turns her skill at writing un-put-downable narrative to telling the remarkable story of Elizabeth II, Queen of England.
With her customary psychological insight, historian Erickson traces the queen's gilded but often thorny path from her overprotected girlhood to her ascension to the throne at twenty-five to her personal and national difficulties as queen.
Lilibet shows us an Elizabeth we thought we...
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Elizabeth I mysteries volume 6
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2003
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287 p. : map ; 22 cm.
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Annotation: Elizabethan England comes alive in all its holiday pomp and pageantry as thisacclaimed mystery series featuring the young queen continues .
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Elizabeth I mysteries volume 7
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2005
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273 p. ; 22 cm.
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Working to establish her image through a series of carefully censored portraits, the young queen Elizabeth I finds her efforts thwarted by a pyromaniac who would destroy both her life and the kingdom.
17) Elizabeth I
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1992
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x, 636 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Glitteringly detailed and engagingly written, the magisterial Elizabeth I brings to vivid life the golden age of sixteenth-century England and the uniquely fascinating monarch who presided over it. A woman of intellect and presence, Elizabeth was the object of extravagant adoration by her contemporaries. She firmly believed in the divine providence of her sovereignty and exercised supreme authority over the intrigue-laden Tudor court and Elizabethan...
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2021.
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255 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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In Jackson's photographs, documenting public and private moments and accompanied by warm and engaging text offering a personal perspective and behind-the-shot anecdotes, Elizabeth II: A Queen for our Time, captures her majesty's great elegance and charm. From royal tours and state dinners to family time and equestrian triumphs, this book takes us to the heart of what it means to be the head of the British royal family. Much has also been made of the...
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2022.
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xiv, 427 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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"Renowned biographer Andrew Morton takes an in-depth look at Britain's longest reigning monarch, exploring the influence Queen Elizabeth had on both Britain and the rest of the world for much of the last century. From leading a nation struggling to restore itself after the devastation of the second World War to navigating the divisive political landscape of the present day, Queen Elizabeth was a reluctant but resolute queen. This is the story of a...
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