Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend

by Clark Hulse

Book Overview

Making history from the moment of her birth, England's Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was a legend within her own lifetime. To her supporters, Elizabeth I was Gloriana, the Faerie Queene, a dignified and powerful woman who ruled with cunning and skill for forty-four years. To her detractors she was the ruthless supporter of a false religion; the murderer of her cousin Mary Queen of Scots; a wanton woman, herself illegitimate, who sullied the crown...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252071611
• ISBN13: 9780252071614
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 10.0"