Elizabeth I: The Word of a Prince - A Life from Contemporary Documents (The Folio Society)
London: The Folio Society, 1990. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2354201
First thus (Ford-Smith Folio 76 #669). Includes publisher's slipcase. A couple minor blemishes to slipcase. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
352 pp. Color frontispiece, color and black-and-white illustrations from numerous sources throughout. Until Maria Perry began her exploration of Elizabeth's papers, this vivid raw material had only been partially studied. From it, a fresh portrait of Elizabeth emerges, one which is often more cohesive and less baffling than some offered by her biographers. The dangers and insecurities of her early life, her sense of divine protection, her formidable education, all stand out as crucial elements in the formation of her character; but behind the acquired circumspection lies a personality of great warmth and spirit. On the teasing questions of love, marriage and virginity, the letters and speeches offer oblique comment; it seems certain that Robert Dudley was her one true love, and that she felt his second marriage to Lettice Knollys as a bitter betrayal.
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