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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
de Strachey, Lytton
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0156283107
- ISBN 13
- 9780156283106
- Librería
-
Webster, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1969. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 0x5x8. First printing. Wrapper edges lightly worn. 1969 Trade Paperback. 296 pp. ELIZABETH AND ESSEX is the classic account of the turbulent relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. It is a story of attraction, passion and treason, and describes the way in which, although strongly drawn to each other, Elizabeth and Essex struggled for power. The story ends with Essex's rebellion and execution. ELIZABETH AND ESSEX is not simply a book about history: it is a romance which ends in tragedy. When it was first published, ELIZABETH AND ESSEX was a provocative book, which divided opinion, because of the way in which the author, Lytton Strachey, blended historical fact with speculation about the inner lives and feelings of the characters.
Sinopsis
One of the most famous and baffling romances in history-between Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex-began in May of 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was just shy of twenty. Their relationship continued until 1601, when the Earl of Essex was beheaded for treason. And, in a succession of brilliant scenes, Strachey portrays the Queen's and the Earl's compelling attraction for on another, their impassioned disagreements, and their mutual contest for power, which led to a final, tragic confrontation. Here we also have superb portraits of influential people of the time: Francis Bacon, Robert Cecil, Walter Raleigh, and other figures of the court who struggled to assert themselves in a kingdom that was primarily defined by her sovereign, and so now seen through history's lens as Elizabethan England.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Yesterday's Muse Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2322097
- Título
- Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
- Autor
- Strachey, Lytton
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0156283107
- ISBN 13
- 9780156283106
- Editorial
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1969
- Tamaño
- 0x5x8
- Palabras clave
- BRITISH HISTORY ROMANCE QUEEN ELIZABETH ESSEX
- X weight
- 16 oz
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