Description Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England\'s rulers in a collectible format In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power.
The Virgin Queen ruled over a Golden Age: the Spanish Armada was defeated
English explorers reached the ends of the earth; a new Church of England rose from the ashes of past conflict; the English Renaissance bloomed in the genius of Shakespeare, S.
Description Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England\'s rulers in a collectible format In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power