The Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I, Genius Of The Golden Age

by Christopher Hibbert

Overview

An intimate portrait of history's most fascinating monarch


A genius, a beauty, a leader, and a manipulator. Elizabeth I has fascinated and enthralled history buffs and Anglophiles for centuries. The era that bears her name was one of the most exciting and dazzling in England's history. Christopher Hibbert's masterful biography introduces a new generation of readers, aware of the challenges women face in wielding power, to perhaps history's greatest monarch.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780201608175
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	06/21/1992
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.75(d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

About the Author

Christopher Hibbert has written many well-received biographies, including, most recently, Queen Victoria. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Doctor of Letters of Leicester University.

Editorial Reviews

A well-researched and well-written popular biography of the famed Tudor queen (daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn) who held the English throne for 45 years, from 1558-1603. With 32 pages of illustrations, both color and b&w. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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