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Elizabeth. England's Golden Age

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Elizabeth. England's Golden Age
69.99 €
A uniquely fiction-based biography of the powerful Queen of England, Elizabeth I, placed in the broad context of England's history from 1584 to 1603. Other biographers of Elizabeth have covered mostly the early stages of her reign, with only brief mention of events after she turned 50. Meanwhile, this and the formation of England as "ruler of the seas", and the voyage of Francis Drake, and the founding of the first English settlement in North America, and the activities of Walter Raleigh, and the destruction of the Spanish Invincible Armada in Graveline Sea Battle in 1588. The persecution and execution of Mary Stuart triggered a further round of bitter rivalry between England and Spain, a causal relationship that no one before John Guy had paid close attention to. Also outlined are little-known facets of the psychological portrait of Elizabeth I - she is not only a powerful queen, but also a vulnerable woman who in the last years of her life fell into melancholy, bordering on insecurity and even real depression. A major specialist in Tudor history, John Guy has utilized a wealth of written sources, some of which have been researched for the first time (especially manuscript government documents relating to relations between England and other European powers). Some 30 unpublished letters from Elizabeth herself, drafts and diary entries reflecting her inner world and preserving her thoughts and emotions - all of which were not and could not be recorded in official sources. Those documents that researchers had previously used in translations, Guy sought to find in the original. This is the main feature of the book, which distinguishes it from all other accounts of the Elizabethan era - the Golden Age in English history.
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