The Elizabethans

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With all the panoramic sweep of his bestselling study of The Victorians, A.N. Wilson relates the exhilarating story of the Elizabethan Age. It was a time of exceptional creativity, wealth creation and political expansion.

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Full title :The Elizabethans / A.N. Wilson.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hutchinson
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 432 pages, [16] pages plates : : illustrations, portraits ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780091931513, 0091931517, 9780091931520, 0091931525
oclc:ocn754568208
LC Classification:DA355
Dewey Decimal:942.055

pt. 1. The early reign. The difficulty ; The new world ; Ceremonial : twixt earnest and twixt game ; Men in power ; Which church? ; The new learning ; A library at Mortlake ; The northern rebellion -- pt. 2.1570s. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre ; Elizabethan women ; Histories ; Kenilworth ; Ireland ; Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation ; A frog he would a-wooing go -- pt. 3. 1580s. Religious dissent ; Sir Philip Sidney ; Hakluyt and empire ; The Scottish queen ; The Armada ; London and theatre ; Marprelate and Hooker -- pt. 4. The close of the reign. A hive for bees ; Sex and the city ; The occult philosophy ; My America ; Tyrone ; Essex and the end ; Hamlet : one through two.

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Civilization Elisabeth (England, Königin Elizabeth, I,, Queen of England England Geistesleben Geschichte 1558-1603 Grande-Bretagne -- Civilisation -- 16e … Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1558-160… Grande-Bretagne -- Vie intellectuelle -… Great Britain Great Britain -- Civilization -- 16th c… Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, … Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 1… History Intellectual life