Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne -- David Starkey

<p>An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual--though, as she maintained, a virgin--Elizabeth I is famed as England's most successful ruler. David Starkey's brilliant new biography concentrates on Elizabeth's formative years--from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558--and shows how the experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs.</p><p>From princess and heir-apparent to bastardized and disinherited royal, accused traitor to head of the princely household, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and extreme of condition--and rose above it all to reign during a watershed moment in history. A uniquely absorbing tale of one young woman's turbulent, courageous, and seemingly impossible journey toward the throne, <em>Elizabeth</em> is the exhilarating story of the making of a queen.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> David Starkey<br><b>Publisher:</b> Harper Perennial<br><b>Published:</b> 11/12/2014<br><b>Pages:</b> 400<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.73lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.36w x 1.02d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780061367434<p></p>