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Elizabeth : the forgotten years / John Guy.

by Guy, J. A. (John Alexander)

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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.

Tudor, House of -- Biography.

Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.

9780670786022 (hc.)

vi, 493 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [408]-465) and index.

Introduction: A virgin queen -- A city in fear -- Crisis and betrayal -- Brave new world -- Armada of the soul -- No warrior queen -- A funeral and a wedding -- On the attack -- The visible queen -- The enemy within -- Catastrophe in France -- "Good Queen Bess" -- The quest for gold -- Conspiring against the queen -- Games of thrones -- A counter-armada -- One last chance -- Seeking détente -- Opening new fronts -- Defying the queen -- "I am Richard II" -- The queen's speech -- On a knife's edge -- The final vigil.

"Elizabeth was crowned at twenty-five after a tempestuous childhood as a bastard and an outcast, but it was only when she reached fifty and all hopes of a royal marriage were dashed that she began to wield real power in her own right. For twenty-five years she had struggled to assert her authority over advisers who pressed her to marry and settle the succession; now, she was determined not only to reign but also to rule. In this biography of England's most ambitious Tudor queen, John Guy introduces us to a woman who is refreshingly unfamiliar: at once powerful and vulnerable, willful and afraid. During these essential and misunderstood forgotten years, Elizabeth confronts challenges at home and abroad: war against the Catholic powers of France and Spain, revolt in Ireland, an economic crisis that triggered riots in the streets of London, and a conspiracy to place her cousin Mary Queen of Scots on her throne. For a while she was smitten by a much younger man, but could she allow herself to act on that passion and still keep her throne? The author reveals for the first time the woman behind the polished veneer: wracked by insecurity, often too anxious to sleep alone, voicing her own distinctive and surprisingly resonant concerns"--Provided by publisher.

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