This is the first significant account of Elizabeth's life to focus on her later years. Guy introduces us to a woman who is refreshingly unfamiliar: at once powerful and vulnerable, wilful and afraid. He captures with dramatic immediacy the challenge of being both a woman and a queen. John Guy, Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years. Viking, vi + pp. ISBN: $ cloth. John Guy made his reputation as a painstaking, rigorous and often innovative exponent of old-style political history, focusing principally on Henry VIII’s reign. His textbook Tudor England is still perhaps the best single-volume treatment of the period; his work on star chamber and Tudor political Author: Neil Younger. Elizabeth - The Forgotten Years by John Guy is an academic historians account of the years from the Spanish Armada to the accession of James I. It is a thorough, detailed and demonstrably accurate assessment of Queen Elizabeths reign, the politics of the era and the economic consequences of war, intrigue and patronage.
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Elizabeth I: The Forgotten Years by John Guy, read by Alex Jennings. History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power - and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in , when Elizabeth is 50, there is relentless plotting among her. Listen Free to Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years audiobook by John Guy with a 30 Day Free Trial! Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and Android devices. Elizabeth: the forgotten years by John Guy. My rating: 4/5 Stars. Would I recommend it: Yes. Genre (s): Non-fiction. History. About the author: John Guy was born in Australia, in He grew up in England, deciding to pursue a career as a historian as a teenager.
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years (Hardcover) Published May 3rd by Viking. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): John Guy. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English. ELIZABETH The Forgotten Years By John Guy Illustrated. pp. Viking. $ The biographer is meant to exhaust his subject; sometimes the subject exhausts the biographer. In Dr. John Guy's new book "Elizabeth" he examines the last half of Elizabeth's long reign which has been dubbed by historians "The Elizabethan Age." What happened during her long reign is the subject of this well written popular history. The book also includes recently discovered papers and manuscripts written by Elizabeth and her contemporaries.
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