Elizabeth and Essex by Lytton Strachey
In spellbinding prose, Lytton Strachey illuminates one of the most poignant affairs in history alongside the glamour and intrigue of the Elizabethan era. One of the most famous and tortured romances in history - between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex - began in 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was nineteen. Their passionate affair continued for five years, until Essex was beheaded for treason in 1601. Alongside the doomed love affair, Strachey pens colourful portraits of the leading characters and influential figures of the time: Francis Bacon, Walter Raleigh, Robert Cecil and other members of her glittering court who fought to assert themselves in a kingdom and a country defined by Elizabeth's incomparable reign. In a fast-paced succession of brilliantly rendered scenes, Strachey portrays Elizabeth and Essex's compelling attraction for each other, their impassioned disagreements and their mutual struggle for power, which culminated so tragically - for both of them.
A beautiful and memorable book* Atlantic Monthly *
The real drama of ambition, passion and personality in the pageant of veracious history. * The Philadelphia Enquirer *
The real drama of ambition, passion and personality in the pageant of veracious history. * The Philadelphia Enquirer *
Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), one of the most famous writers of his time, was a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Set and a pioneer of a new style of biography. Author of, among others, Landmarks, Eminent Victorians and Queen Victoria (also Tauris Parke Paperbacks).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780760490 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780760493 |
| Title | Elizabeth and Essex |
| Author | Lytton Strachey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2012-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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