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Queen of England: The Story of Elizabeth I
Queen of England The Story of Elizabeth I Author:Helene Hanff This is the story of Elizabeth Tudor, one of the greatest rulers the world has ever known. She was a vivid and exciting woman, who loved jewelry and beautiful clothes, and she gathered a circle of extraordinary people around her. There was her passionate life-long friendship with the dark and handsome Earl of Leiscester: Willia... more »m Cecil, perhaps the only man she really trusted; Walsingham, her spymaster, who ran the secret service, and protected her against the plots of Mary, Queen of Scots; 'Cousin Mary', who wanted Elizabeth's throne for herself, and was willing to stop at nothing to get it -- even murder.
Elizabeth's world was a dangerous one, but adventurous and exciting. For it was in her time that the first Englishmen settled in the 'New World' of North America, and laid the foundations of our nation.« less