Elizabeth: the
Forgotten Years by John Guy
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In my nearly impossible goal to read everything about the
Tudors, I picked this book about the latter years of Elizabeth I reign. There has been so much written about one of
England’s longest running monarchs, but this one does an especially good job of
humanizing and demystifying the so-called virgin queen. She is portrayed as vain, petty and snobbish
but also cautious and tactical. She was
forced to put her faith in men who had little faith in her ability as a woman
to reign. This is a compelling and
readable account of an aging woman’s attempt to prove that a woman with no
heirs could be a legendary monarch. I
received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest
review.
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