Parents and siblings -- The Suffolk cousins -- Mary Queen of Scots -- James VI of Scotland -- 'Eyes': Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester -- 'Lids': Sir Christopher Hatton -- Her 'most humble vassall': Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex -- The women who served -- 'Sir Spirit': Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley -- The 'Moor': Sir Francis Walsingham -- The 'Pygmy': Sir Robert Cecil.
This is the story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. Using a wide range of original sources--including private letters, portraits, verse, drama, and state papers--Susan Doran provides a vivid and often dramatic account of political life in Elizabethan England and the queen at its center, offering a deeper insight into Elizabeth's emotional and political conduct--and challenging many of the popular myths that have grown up around her.
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Drottningar (sao)
Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography. (LCSH)
Queens. (fast)
Drottningar -- 1500-talet -- biografi (kao)
Politik -- makt -- relationer (kao)
Queens -- Great Britain -- 16th century -- biography (kao//eng)
Politics -- power -- relations (kao//eng)
Queens (LCSH)
Storbritannien (sao)
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603. (LCSH)