An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man\'s world, passionately sexual--though, as she maintained, a virgin--Elizabeth I is famed as England\'s most successful ruler.
From princess and heir-apparent to.
David Starkey\'s brilliant new biography concentrates on Elizabeth\'s formative years--from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558--and shows how the experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs.
An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man\'s world, passionately sexual--though, as she maintained, a virgin--Elizabeth I is famed as England\'s most successful ruler