***Note: This review assumes that you've read the book.*** (I know it seems unnecessary to warn you about spoilers--how can they exist in a story about the life of Elizabeth I, a well-documented royal?--but in fact, the book deviates from history.) One-sentence summary: this not-so-beautifully-w...
Maria, przyszła królowa Anglii, przybywa do pałacu w Hatfield, aby przekazać swojej trzyletniej, przyrodniej siostrze Elżbiecie wieść o tragicznej śmierci jej matki, Anny Boleyn. Tak rozpoczyna swoją opowieść Alison Weir o wczesnych latach, dzieciństwie i młodości Elżbiety Tudor, późniejszej królowe...
Taking fiction and some fact, Alison Weir weaves an interesting story about Queen Elizabeths life before she became Queen. Including a pregnancy that miscarried and an occasional nocturnal presence that may or may not have been her mother's ghost (the author mentions introducing a paranormal elemen...
The Lady Elizabeth is devoted to Elizabeth Tudor’s early years from 1536 when her title is changed from Princess to Lady upon the death of her mother. The first strength of this novel is its author; Alison Weir, a reputable historian who has a reputation for staying close to the facts (of course, t...
A novel, but written within the framework of historical facts, it deals with that tendency to fill in the gaps, to imagine actual conversations and backstory when the facts run dry, or are incomplete. Follows Elizabeth 1st's life until ascending the throne, including all the intrigue and uncertainti...
I quite enjoyed reading this book, although at times it was more difficult to stick with it. Once I got to the last 25 or so percent I could not put the book down. A very interesting way to tell her story and the story of the English monarchy.
Taking fiction and some fact, Alison Weir weaves an interesting story about Queen Elizabeths life before she became Queen. Including a pregnancy that miscarried and an occasional nocturnal presence that may or may not have been her mother's ghost (the author mentions introducing a paranormal element...
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