I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

A spellbinding novel about Elizabeth I from the internationally bestselling author of the Guenevere and Tristan and Isolde trilogies.

Publicly declared a bastard at the age of three, daughter of a disgraced and executed mother, last in the line of succession to the throne of England, Elizabeth I inherited an England ravaged by bloody religious conflict, at war with Spain and France, and badly in debt. When she died in 1603, after a forty-five year reign, her empire spanned two continents and was united under one church, victorious in war, and blessed with an overflowing treasury. What's more, her favorites--William Shakespeare, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir Walter Raleigh--had made
the Elizabethan era a cultural Golden Age still remembered today.

But for Elizabeth the woman, tragedy went hand in hand with triumph. Politics and scandal forced the passionate queen to reject her true love, Robert Dudley, and to execute his stepson, her much-adored Lord Essex. Now in this spellbinding novel, Rosalind Miles brings to life the woman behind the myth. By turns imperious, brilliant, calculating, vain, and witty, this is the Elizabeth the world never knew. From the days of her brutal father, Henry VI, to her final dying moments, Elizabeth tells her story in her own words.

Rosalind Miles is an English novelist, essayist, and broadcaster who has received critical acclaim. Guenevere, I, Elizabeth, and Return to Eden are among her international best-selling novels.

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ISBN 13	9780609809105
ISBN 10	0609809105
Title	I, Elizabeth
Author	Rosalind Miles
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Three Rivers Press
Year published	2003-03-25
Number of pages	656
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