| Spine title |
Elizabeth I & her circle |
| Contents |
Parents and siblings -- The Suffolk cousins -- Mary Queen of Scots -- James VI of Scotland -- 'Eyes': Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester -- 'Lids': Sir Christopher Hatton -- Her 'most humble vassall': Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex -- The women who served -- 'Sir Spirit': Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley -- The 'Moor': Sir Francis Walsingham -- The 'Pygmy': Sir Robert Cecil. |
| Abstract |
This is the story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. Using a wide range of original sources--including private letters, portraits, verse, drama, and state papers--Susan Doran provides a vivid and often dramatic account of political life in Elizabethan England and the queen at its center, offering a deeper insight into Elizabeth's emotional and political conduct--and challenging many of the popular myths that have grown up around her. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-379) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2014946127 |
| ISBN | 9780199574957 (hc. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0199574952 (hc. ; alk. paper) |
