Young Bess - Softcover

Margaret Irwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749012420 ISBN 13: 9780749012427

Publisher: Allison & Busby, 2013

Synopsis

Growing up in the shadow of her dead mother, the infamous Anne Boleyn, young Princess Elizabeth has learnt to be continuously on the watch for the political games played out around her. When her distant father, Henry VIII, dies, the future brightens for Elizabeth, but tragedy looms ahead, both for her and the kingdom.

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Irwin (1889-1969) was a master of historical fiction, blending meticulous research with real storytelling flair to create some of England's best-loved and most widely acclaimed novels, including Elizabeth, Captive Princess; Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain; The Gay Galliard; and The Stranger Prince.

From Publishers Weekly:

Originally published in 1944, the first installment of Irwin's classic Elizabeth I Trilogy returns to enthrall new readers fascinated by the Elizabethian period. Brimming with vivid period details, Irwin portrays a young Elizabeth growing aware of her doomed love for the charismatic Tom Seymour, who married Elizabeth's widowed stepmother Catherine Parr (becoming uncle to Elizabeth's brother, King Edward IV). Tom, meanwhile, has grown dangerously tempted by Bess. Irwin depicts the iconic daughter of King Henry VIII and the beheaded Anne Boleyn ("Nan Bullen") with impeccable grace. After the death of her tyrannical father, leaving behind a legacy of beheaded wives and fear, Irwin suggests Elizabeth was all too aware of her inability to control her dark future, nor the fate of Lord High Admiral Tom.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0749012420
• ISBN 13: 9780749012427
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 393