LEADER 01927nam 2200361Ka 450 001 9910163447603321 005 20240912104327.1 010 $a1-61230-762-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001047135 035 $a(ODN)ODN0001582022 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001047135 100 $a20140506d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aElizabeth i /$fAbigail Archer 205 $a1. 210 $aNewbury $cNew Word City, LLC$d2014 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aTitle from eBook information screen.. 330 $aEngland's first Queen Elizabeth gave her name to an age. Inheriting a bankrupt, famished, and powerless country, she healed its religious rifts, replenished its treasury, redefined diplomatic guile, defeated the Spanish Armada, and inspired a new flowering of English culture. Her father, Henry VIII, beheaded her mother, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth was declared a bastard. As Henry kept marrying and discarding wives, she had to be adroit and canny to avoid being snared in the schemes of courtiers plotting to win the crown. And when at last she ascended the throne, her councilors told her she could survive only by marrying. But she reigned for forty-four years as Glorianna, the "Virgin Queen," whose wit, evasions, and towering intellect frustrated enemies both within and outside her island kingdom. The more we know about Elizabeth's endless complexity, the more remains to be learned. Here's a beginning. 606 $aYoung Adult Nonfiction$2OverDrive 606 $aBiography & Autobiography$2OverDrive 615 17$aYoung Adult Nonfiction. 615 7$aBiography & Autobiography. 686 $aYAN006000$2bisacsh 700 $aArcher$b Abigail$01776040 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163447603321 996 $aElizabeth i$94291499 997 $aUNINA