One of the most famous and tortured romances in history - between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex - began in 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was nineteen. Their passionate affair continued for five years, until Essex was beheaded for treason in 1601. In a fast-paced succession of brilliantly-rendered scenes, Lytton Strachey portrays Elizabeth and Essex's compelling attraction for each other, their impassioned disagreements and their mutual struggle for power, which culminated so tragically - for both of them. Alongside the doomed love affair, Strachey pins colourful portraits of the leading characters and influential figures of the time: Francis Bacon, Walter Raleigh, Robert Cecil and other members of her glittering court who fought to assert themselves in a kingdom and a country defined by Elizabeth's incomparable reign. Lytton Strachey here illuminates, in spellbinding prose, one of the most poignant affairs in history alongside the glamour and intrigue of the Elizabethan era.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9781780760490
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114020523
Product Key Features
Book Title
Elizabeth and Essex: a Tragic History
Author
Lytton Strachey
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
259g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Lytton Strachey
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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