From Elizabeth of York--wife of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch--through to Elizabeth I, her granddaughter and the last in the line, this book explores some of the most colourful and dramatic women in British history. Queen consorts were central to the Royal Court but their r…
From Elizabeth of York--wife of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch--through to Elizabeth I, her granddaughter and the last in the line, this book explores some of the most colourful and dramatic women in British history. Queen consorts were central to the Royal Court but their r…
A source of endless fascination and speculation, the subject of countless biographies, novels, and films, Elizabeth I is now considered from a thrilling new angle by the brilliant young historian Tracy Borman. So often viewed in her relationships with men, the Virgin Queen is po…
Examines Queen Elizabeth I through the eyes of the women who shaped her life--from her bewitching mother to her dangerously obsessive sister, and from the rivals to her throne to her rivals in love.
Examines Queen Elizabeth I through the eyes of the women who shaped her life--from her bewitching mother to her dangerously obsessive sister, and from the rivals to her throne to her rivals in love.
Tracy Borman lays out Matilda's remarkable story against one of the most fascinating and transformative periods in European history. Stirring, richly detailed, and wholly involving, Queen of the Conqueror reveals not just an extraordinary figure but an iconic woman who shaped ge…
Tracy Borman lays out Matilda's remarkable story against one of the most fascinating and transformative periods in European history. Stirring, richly detailed, and wholly involving, Queen of the Conqueror reveals not just an extraordinary figure but an iconic woman who shaped ge…
Tracy Borman lays out Matilda's remarkable story against one of the most fascinating and transformative periods in European history. Stirring, richly detailed, and wholly involving, Queen of the Conqueror reveals not just an extraordinary figure but an iconic woman who shaped ge…
Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who has led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheava…
