ELIZABETH I

This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to a grey panel on the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This portrait of Elizabeth I reveals her as a consummate politician, a champion of the Reformation, a woman who firmly established England as a world power, and a leader in art, science, and commerce. The child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was, to the dismay of its parents and Protestants all over Europe, a girl. Elizabeth I came to rule for over forty years and her reign is regarded as a Golden Age for English people. Ridley traces the triumphs and disasters during her rule. Ref YYY 2.