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Author: Castor, Helen

Biography: historical, political & military

Published on 25 April 2019 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Penguin Monarchs’ series.

Paperback | 144 pages
182 x 115 x 9 | 92g

‘The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England’s history’ In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. But this image is as much armour as a reflection of the truth. In this illuminating account of England’s iconic queen, Helen Castor reveals her reign as shaped by a profound and enduring insecurity that was a matter of both practical politics and personal psychology.