Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana

by Laurel A Rockefeller

Overview

"I am by your Council from you commanded to go to the Tower, a place more wanted for a false traitor than a true subject, which though I know I desire it not, yet in the face of all this realm it appears proved," wrote Princess Elizabeth Tudor in her eleventh-hour letter to sister Queen Mary as guards waited to transport her to the prison at the Tower of London.Queen Elizabeth is perhaps the most legendary and celebrated ruler in English history. Yet do you really know her as well as you think you do?In this beautiful narrative biography you explore Elizabeth's path from "Lady Elizabeth" to "Gloriana" through the lens of her relationship with Robert Dudley, a relationship far more contentious than most people believe. Politics and religion collide, provoking Elizabeth to console herself with her music, and a hard decision lays before her as plots against her life threatens her throne.Take the journey to Gloriana and discover a side to Elizabeth you never knew existed.Features six medieval and Elizabethan songs, a detailed timeline, and an extensive suggested reading list. Continues "Mary Queen of the Scots."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781516909636
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/14/2015
Series:	Legendary Women of World History , #4
Pages:	90
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.19(d)

About the Author

Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska USA Laurel A. Rockefeller is author of over twenty books published and self-published since August, 2012 and in languages ranging from Welsh to Spanish to Chinese and everything in between. A dedicated scholar and biographical historian, Ms. Rockefeller is passionate about education and improving history literacy worldwide.

With her easy to understand fireside storytelling style, Laurel A. Rockefeller is the historian for people who do not like history.

In her spare time, Laurel enjoys spending time with her cockatiels, attending living history activities, travelling to historic places in both the United States and United Kingdom, and watching classic motion pictures and television series.

Wedi ei geni, ei magu a'i haddysgu yn Lincoln, Nebraska yn UDA, mae Laurel A. Rockefeller yn awdur gyda thros ugain o lyfrau wedi'u cyhoeddi a'u hunan gyhoeddi ers Awst 2012. Yn hanesydd ac ysgolhaig ymroddedig, mae Ms. Rockefeller yn angerddol dros addysg a gwella llythrennedd hanes ledled y byd.

Gydag arddull adrodd stori sy'n hawdd iawn i'w ddeall, Laurel A. Rockefeller yw'r hanesydd ar gyfer pobl nad ydynt yn hoffi hanes.

Yn ei hamser rhydd, mae Laurel yn mwynhau treulio amser gyda'i pharotiaid copog, mynychu gweithgareddau hanes byw, teithio i lefydd hanesyddol yn yr Unol Daleithiau a'r Deyrnas Unedig, a gwylio ffilmiau a chyfresi teledu clasurol.