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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460786403321

Autore

Collinson Patrick

Titolo

Elizabeth I / / Patrick Collinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-19-155009-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Collana

Very Interesting People

Disciplina

942.05/5092

Soggetti

Queens - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Early life and upbringing; 2 Imperilled princess; 3 The new regime and its problems; 4 The struggle for stability; 5 Court and country; 6 Matters of church and state; 7 Conflict with Spain; 8 Wars and the second reign; 9 The end of the reign; 10 The image and the memory of Elizabeth; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; U; W

Sommario/riassunto

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...  From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time.  Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. -