Elizabeth I And Her World

Author: Susan Watkins

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  • : July 2007
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Description

Elizabeth I was one of the great personalities of all time, with Elizabethan England being a scintillating cultural era, with an enduring legacy in literature, architecture and sheer style. In this book, newly available in paperback, Susan Watkins takes us to the heart of one of history's most abiding love stories: the extraordinary tale of how Elizabeth set out capture the hearts of her people. Throughout, the inspired special photography of Mark Fiennes, together with portraits and paintings, tapestries and personal objects of the period, gives the perfect visual expression of this evolving love affair of a nation.

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Table of contents

Preface; Sweet Sister Temperance; From the Prison to the Palace; The Shrines; Entertaining a Goddess; Elizabeth Tudor's Life: A Chronology; Directory of Elizabethan Houses and Design.