Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History (Harvest Book) - Softcover

Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History.

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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Sehr gut. 296 p. Lediglich die Broschur ist leicht bestoßen und papierbedingt minimal gebräunt. Sonst aber ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar/ Only the brochure is slightly bumped and minimally browned due to the paper. Otherwise a very good and clean copy. - This magnificent evocation of the sixteenth century dramatizes one of the most famous and most baffling romances in history between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Robert Devereux, the vital, handsome Earl of Essex. It began in May of 1587 when she was fifty-three and Essex was not yet twenty and continued until 1601, when he was beheaded for treason. In a succession of brilliant scenes, Strachey portrays their compelling attraction for one another, their impassioned disagreements, and their mutual contest for power, which led to a final, tragic confrontation. He also gives us superb portraits of Francis Bacon, Robert Cecil, Walter Raleigh, and other figures in court life, but ever dominating this vivid history is "the supreme phenomenon of Elizabethanism Elizabeth herself." Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (10 November 1565 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599. In 1601, he led an abortive coup d'état against the government of Elizabeth I and was executed for treason (Wikipedia). ISBN 9780156283106 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 315. Artikel-Nr. 1227283

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