The Men Who Would Be King : Suitors to Queen Elizabeth I

Informationen zum Autor Josephine Ross was educated at Wycombe Abbey School and London University, where she read English. On graduating, she worked for Vogue magazine. Her first book was Suitors to the Queen (now called The Men Who Would be King). Since then, she has written television drama scripts and a number of histories and biographies, including The Winter Queen and The Tudors, as well as compiling and editing several illustrated books for Vogue. Her most recent publication is Jane Austen: A Companion. She is married to the historian James Chambers, and lives in London. Klappentext "First published in Great Britain in 1975 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson under the title, Suitors to the Queen. This paperback edition [first] published in 2005 by Phoenix"--T.p. verso. Zusammenfassung Elizabeth I--the Virgin Queen--refused to commit herself to any man, although one illustrious suitor after another endeavored to ally himself with her in the most intimate of treaties. In the only history available on this ever-fascinating subject, meet the many men who competed fruitlessly for Elizabeth's hand and affections. During the intricate marriage negotiations, romance inextricably blended with diplomacy, and Elizabeth played one prospective groom against the other, always exploiting the situation for England's profit and her own pleasure. Most important among the potential mates: the ambitious, devious Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, suspected of having murdered his wife. Although he never attained the prize he longed for, he was dearly loved by Elizabeth all her life.

Product details

• Authors: Josephine Ross, Ross Josephine
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.08.2005
• EAN: 9780753818336
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-1833-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, 1485–1603 (Tudor period)