Anna A. (fastestreader) reviewed on 3/1/2009 + 2 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Fantastic! A thorough and highly enjoyable study of Elizabeth I's rise from a childhood marked by the death of her mother and neglect by her father to the throne of the Queen of England. Elizabeth's relationship to and with her father, Henry VIII, is explored, but the focus of the book is the intense sibling rivalry with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of Catherine of Aragon.

My only quibble with the book is that it leaves off just as Elizabeth's 45 year reign is beginning. Now I'm going to have to find a book to fill in that gap. Overall, a wonderful, easy to read biography.

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