Elizabeth: The Struggle for the ThroneThorndike Press, 2001 - 663 páginas This series' focus is high-profile titles that are being discussed in the media -- biographies of people in the news, literary figures, musicians, politicians, TV and film celebrities, and of people who have influenced history in some way. An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, Elizabeth I was to be famed as England's most successful ruler. This brilliant new biography shows how her experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs. It is a uniquely absorbing tale of one young woman's turbulent, courageous and seemingly impossible journey towards the throne . . . |
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The Struggle for the Throne | 11 |
Birth | 19 |
Family | 31 |
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