Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs) - Helen Castor

Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible formatIn the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. The Virgin Queen ruled over a Golden Age: the Spanish Armada was defeated; English explorers reached the ends of the earth; a new Church of England rose from the ashes of past conflict; the English Renaissance bloomed in the genius of Shakespeare, Spenser and Sidney. But the image is also armour.... Zobrazit více