The Lady Elizabeth: A Novel
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Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed Lady Jane Grey, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England’s most intriguing and powerful queen.Even at age two, Elizabeth is keenly aware that people in the court of her father, King Henry VIII, have stopped referring to her as “Lady Princess” and now call her “the Lady Elizabeth.” Before she is three, she learns of the tragic fate that has befallen her mother, the enigmatic and seductive Anne Boleyn, and that she herself has been declared illegitimate, an injustice that will haunt her. What comes next is a succession of stepmothers, bringing with them glimpses of love, fleeting security, tempestuous conflict, and tragedy. The death of her father puts the teenage Elizabeth in greater peril, leaving her at the mercy of ambitious and unscrupulous men. Like her mother two decades earlier she is imprisoned in the Tower of London–and fears she will also meet her mother’s grisly end. Power-driven politics, private scandal and public gossip, a disputed succession, and the grievous example of her sister, “Bloody” Queen Mary, all cement Elizabeth’s resolve in matters of statecraft and love, and set the stage for her transformation into the iconic Virgin Queen. Alison Weir uses her deft talents as historian and novelist to exquisitely and suspensefully play out the conflicts between family, politics, religion, and conscience that came to define an age. Sweeping in scope, The Lady Elizabeth is a fascinating portrayal of a woman far ahead of her time–an orphaned girl haunted by the shadow of the axe, an independent spirit who must use her cunning and wits for her very survival, and a future queen whose dangerous and dramatic path to the throne shapes her future greatness.
Subjects
Subjects
Biographical
Biographical -- FICTION
Biographical fiction
Childhood and youth
Electronic books
Elizabeth
Elizabeth -- I, -- Queen of England, -- 1533-1603 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Fiction
Historical
Historical -- FICTION
Historical Fiction
History
Literature
Queens
Queens -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Sagas
Sagas -- FICTION
Biographical -- FICTION
Biographical fiction
Childhood and youth
Electronic books
Elizabeth
Elizabeth -- I, -- Queen of England, -- 1533-1603 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Fiction
Historical
Historical -- FICTION
Historical Fiction
History
Literature
Queens
Queens -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Sagas
Sagas -- FICTION
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9780345495358
9780345512925
9780345512925
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series | Elizabeth I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | Biographical -- FICTION Biographical fiction Electronic books Elizabeth -- I, -- Queen of England, -- 1533-1603 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Fiction Historical -- FICTION Queens -- Great Britain -- Fiction Sagas -- FICTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | The Lady Elizabeth The Lady Elizabeth : a novel / Alison Weir The Lady Elizabeth A Novel [electronic resource] Weir, Alison. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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topic_facet | Biographical Childhood and youth Elizabeth Fiction Historical Historical Fiction History Literature Queens Sagas |