Elizabeth I S Last Favourite

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Elizabeth I S Last Favourite

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Author : Sarah-Beth Watkins
language : en
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Release Date : 2021-03-26

Elizabeth I S Last Favourite written by Sarah-Beth Watkins and has been published by John Hunt Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-26 with History categories.

Despite widespread interest in Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, little has been written about him in decades past. In Elizabeth I's Last Favourite, Sarah-Beth Watkins brings the story of his life, and death, back into the public eye. In the later years of Elizabeth I's reign, Robert Devereux became the ageing queen's last favourite. The young upstart courtier was the stepson of her most famous love, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Although he tried, throughout his life, to live up to his stepfather's memory, Essex would never be the man he was. His love for the queen ran in tandem with undercurrents of selfishness and greed. Yet, Elizabeth showered him with affection, gifts and the tolerance only a mother could have for an errant son. In return, for a time, Essex flattered her and pandered to her every whim. But, one disastrous commission after another befell the earl, from his military campaigns, to voyages seeking treasure, to his stint as spymaster. Ultimately, his relationship with the queen would suffer and his final act of rebellion would force Elizabeth I to ensure her last favourite troubled her no more.

England S Elizabeth

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Author : Michael Dobson
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2002-11-07

England S Elizabeth written by Michael Dobson and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-07 with Literary Criticism categories.

No monarch is more glamorous or more controversial than Elizabeth I. The stories by which successive generations have sought to extol, explain, or excoriate Elizabeth supply a rich index to the cultural history of English nationalism - whether they represent her as Anne Boleyn's suffering orphan or as the implacable nemesis of Mary, Queen of Scots, as learned stateswoman or as frustrated lover, persecuted princess or triumphant warrior queen. This book examines the many afterlives the Virgin Queen has lived in drama, poetry, fiction, painting, propaganda, and the cinema over the four centuries since her death, from the aspiringly epic to the frankly kitsch. Exploring the Elizabeths of Shakespeare and Spenser, of Sophia Lee and Sir Walter Scott, of Bette Davis and of Glenda Jackson, of Shakespeare in Love and Blackadder II, this is a lively, lavishly-illustrated investigation of England's perennial fascination with a queen who is still engaged in a posthumous progress through the collective pysche of her country.

Elizabeth And Leicester

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Author : Sarah Gristwood
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-10-28

Elizabeth And Leicester written by Sarah Gristwood and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-28 with History categories.

View our feature on Sarah Gristwood’s Elizabeth & Leicester.Though the story has been told on film—and whispered in historic gossip—this is the first book in almost fifty years to solely explore the great queen’s attachment to her beloved Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. Fueled by scandal and intrigue, their relationship set the explosive connection between public and private life in sixteenth-century England in bold relief. Why did they never marry? How much of what seemed a passionate obsession was actually political convenience? Elizabeth and Leicester reignites this 400- year-old love story in a book for anyone interested in Elizabethan literature.

Favourite Heroes And Holy People

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2008-12-20

Favourite Heroes And Holy People written by and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-20 with Religion categories.

An inspiring new book full of the influences which a particular hero, heroine or inspiring holy person has had on the lives of a number of celebrated national figures.

Abbeys Castles And Ancient Halls Of England And Wales

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Author : John Timbs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870

Abbeys Castles And Ancient Halls Of England And Wales written by John Timbs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Abbeys categories.

Abbeys Castles And Ancient Halls Of England And Wales Their Legendary Lore And Popular History Re Ed Revised And Enlarged By Alexander Gunn

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Author : John Timbs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872

Abbeys Castles And Ancient Halls Of England And Wales Their Legendary Lore And Popular History Re Ed Revised And Enlarged By Alexander Gunn written by John Timbs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with categories.

Abbeys Castles And Ancient Halls Of England And Wales South

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Author : John Timbs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872

Abbeys Castles And Ancient Halls Of England And Wales South written by John Timbs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Historic buildings categories.

Elizabeth I S Final Years

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Author : Robert Stedall
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2022-06-30

Elizabeth I S Final Years written by Robert Stedall and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

A study of the later years of the English monarch as seen through the men she surrounded herself with in her court. Elizabeth I’s Final Years outlines the interwoven relationships and rivalries between politicians and courtiers surrounding England’s omnipotent queen in the years following the Earl of Leicester’s death in 1588. Elizabeth now surrounded herself with magnetically attractive younger men with the courtly graces to provide her with what Alison Weir has called ‘an eroticised political relationship’. With these ‘favourites’ holding sway at court, they saw personal bravery in the tiltyard or on military exploits as their means to political authority. They failed to appreciate that the parsimonious queen would always resist military aggression and resolutely backed her meticulously cautious advisors, William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and later his son Robert. With its access to New World treasure, it was Spain who threatened the fragile balance of power in Continental Europe. With English military intervention becoming inevitable, the Cecils diverted the likes of Walter Raleigh and the Earl of Essex, despite their lack of military experience, away from the limelight at court into colonial and military expeditions, leaving them just short of the resources needed for success. The favourites’ promotions caused friction when seasoned soldiers, like Sir Francis Vere with his unparalleled military record in the Low Countries, were left in subordinate roles. When Spanish support for rebellion in Ireland threatened English security, Robert Cecil encouraged Elizabeth to send Essex, knowing that high command was beyond his capabilities. Essex retorted by rebelling against Cecil’s government, for which he lost his head. Both Elizabeth and Cecil realised that only the bookish Lord Mountjoy, another favourite, had the military acumen to resolve the Irish crisis, but his mistress, Essex’s sister, the incomparable Penelope Rich, was mired by involvement in her brother’s conspiracy. Despite this, Cecil gave Mountjoy unstinting support, biding his time to tarnish his name with James I, as he did against Raleigh and his other political foes. Praise for Elizabeth I's Final Years: Her Favourites & Her Fighting Men “Meticulously researched history told with academic flair, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Professor Steven Veerapen, University of Strathclyde “Robert Steadall’s superb book is both educational and entertaining.” —Books Monthly “A masterpiece of original scholarship.” —Midwest Book Review

Life Of Queen Elizabeth Compiled From The Best Authorities By A Cunningham

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Author : A. CUNNINGHAM (Author of “The Revolutions of Europe.”.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1839

Life Of Queen Elizabeth Compiled From The Best Authorities By A Cunningham written by A. CUNNINGHAM (Author of “The Revolutions of Europe.”.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1839 with categories.

The Royal Stuarts

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Author : Allan Massie
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-05-06

The Royal Stuarts written by Allan Massie and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-06 with History categories.

The Royal Stuarts ruled for over 300 years in Scotland and for a century as the Royal Family of Britain and Ireland. They were leading actors in the foremost political dramas of British history - the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Union of the Crowns, the English Civil War and the Restoration - and remain the most controversial and divisive of royal families. Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels and plays, Allan Massie tells the family's full story, from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England, and then eventual exile. A book which gets beyond the received generalisations, The Royal Stuarts takes us deep into the lives of figures like Mary Queen of Scots, Charles I and Bonnie Prince Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and fierce rivalries, the brave and capable, the weak and foolish. Told with panache and pace, adventurous and opinionated, this is a nuanced history of that remarkable family who, for better or worse, shaped our history and made our country what it is.