Elizabeth I - A Study in Insecurity

The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England''s history'' br>br>In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. But this image is as much armour as a reflection of the truth. In this illuminating account of England''s iconic queen, Helen Castor reveals her reign as shaped by a profound and enduring insecurity that was a matter of both practical politics and personal psychology.>

About the author

Helen Castor is an acclaimed medieval and Tudor historian. Her books include the prize-winning Blood & Roses, She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England before Elizabeth, and Joan of Arc, dubbed ‘a triumph of history’. She has presented a range of radio and television programmes for the BBC and Channel 4, including documentaries based on She-Wolves and Joan of Arc. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow Commoner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and was a judge for the 2022 Booker Prize. She has one son, and lives in London.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Castor, Castor Helen
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780141989945
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198994-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Monarchs; Penguin Monarchs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; England, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, Biography: royalty, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, c 1500 to c 1600, 1485–1603 (Tudor period)