LEADER 00000nim 22005895i 4500 003 NjBwBT 005 20180628162734.0 006 m o h u 007 cr nnannnuuuuu 007 sz zunnnnnzned 008 180426s2016 xx nnnn o eng d 020 9780399567414 :|c$95.00 020 0399567410 :|c$95.00 035 (OCoLC)948574584 037 0018358880|bBaker & Taylor 040 NjBwBT|beng|erda|cNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW 069 07416046 099 eAudiobook Boundless 100 1 Guy, John. 245 10 Elizabeth :|bthe forgotten years /|cJohn Guy.|h[Boundless electronic resource] 250 Unabridged. 264 1 |bRandom House Digital,|c2016. 300 1 online resource 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rda 520 Elizabeth was crowned at twenty-five after a tempestuous childhood as a bastard and an outcast, but it was only when she reached fifty and all hopes of a royal marriage were dashed that she began to wield real power in her own right. For twenty-five years she had struggled to assert her authority over advisers who pressed her to marry and settle the succession; now, she was determined not only to reign but also to rule. In this magisterial biography of England's most ambitious Tudor queen, John Guy introduces us to a woman who is refreshingly unfamiliar: at once powerful and vulnerable, willful and afraid. In these essential and misunderstood forgotten years, Elizabeth confronts challenges at home and abroad: war against the Catholic powers of France and Spain, revolt in Ireland, an economic crisis that triggered riots in the streets of London, and a conspiracy to place her cousin Mary Queen of Scots on her throne. For a while she was smitten by a much younger man, but could she allow herself to act on that passion and still keep her throne? For the better part of a decade John Guy mined long-overlooked archives, scouring court documents and handwritten letters to sweep away myths and rumors. This prodigious historical detective work has made it possible to reveal for the first time the woman behind the polished veneer: wracked by insecurity, often too anxious to sleep alone, voicing her own distinctive and surprisingly resonant concerns. 538 Requires Boundless App. 600 00 Elizabeth|bI,|cQueen of England,|d1533-1603. 600 07 Elizabeth|bI,|cQueen of England,|d1533-1603.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00039609 648 7 1558-1603|2fast 650 0 Queens|zGreat Britain|vBiography. 650 7 Queens.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01085637 651 0 Great Britain|xHistory|yElizabeth, 1558-1603. 651 7 Great Britain.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204623 655 4 Downloadable audio books. 655 7 Biographies.|2lcgft 655 7 Audiobooks.|2lcgft 655 7 Audiobooks.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726208 655 7 Biographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 710 2 Boundless (Digital media service) |0_aBoundless_(Digital_media_service) 856 40 |uhttps://naper.boundless.baker-taylor.com/ng/view/library /title/0018358880|zFound on Boundless