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In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the early Tudor kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of one of Englands most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I. This book begins as the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Marys disastrous reign. Elizabeth is portrayed as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. Alison Weir writes of Elizabeths intriguing, long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, of her dealings - sometimes comical, sometimes poignant - with her many suitors, of her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots, and of her bizarre relationship with the Earl of Essex, thirty years her junior. Rich in detail, vivid and colourful, this book comes as close as we shall ever get to knowing what Elizabeth I was like as a person.

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About the Author

Alison Weir lives and works in Surrey. Her non-fiction books include The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Children of England, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry VIII: King and Court, Mary, Queen of Scots, Katherine Swynford and Elizabeth of York. Her novels include Innocent Traitor, The Lady Elizabeth and A Dangerous Inheritance.

About the Book

In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the early Tudor kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of one of Englands most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I. This book begins as the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Marys disastrous reign.

Elizabeth is portrayed as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. Alison Weir writes of Elizabeths intriguing, long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, of her dealings sometimes comical, sometimes poignant with her many suitors, of her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots, and of her bizarre relationship with the Earl of Essex, thirty years her junior. Rich in detail, vivid and colourful, this book comes as close as we shall ever get to knowing what Elizabeth I was like as a person.

ALSO BY ALISON WEIR

Non-fiction

BRITAINS ROYAL FAMILIES:
The Complete Genealogy

THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII

RICHARD III AND THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER

LANCASTER AND YORK:
The Wars of the Roses

CHILDREN OF ENGLAND:
The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547 1558

ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE

HENRY VIII:
King and Court

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
AND THE MURDER OF LORD DARNLEY

ISABELLA:
She-Wolf of France, Queen of England

KATHERINE SWYNFORD:
The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess

THE LADY IN THE TOWER:
The Fall of Anne Boleyn

MARY BOLEYN:
The Great and Infamous Whore

ELIZABETH OF YORK:
The First Tudor Queen

THE LOST TUDOR PRINCESS:
A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox

As co-author

THE RING AND THE CROWN:
A History of Royal Weddings, 1066 2011

Fiction

INNOCENT TRAITOR

THE LADY ELIZABETH

THE CAPTIVE QUEEN

A DANGEROUS INHERITANCE

THE MARRIAGE GAME

SIX TUDOR QUEENS:
Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen

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ELIZABETH THE

QUEEN

Alison Weir

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Alison Weir has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this Work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape in 1998

Published by Vintage in 2008

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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

This book is dedicated to

my very supportive aunt and uncle,

Pauline and John Marston.

And also to

my equally supportive brothers and sisters-in-law,

Ronald and Alison Weir

and

Kenneth and Elizabeth Weir.

With grateful thanks to all.

Contents

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Elizabeth I at her accession. ( Hever Castle Ltd, Hever Castle, Kent)

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, attr. to Steven van Meulen. (By courtesy of the Wallace Collection)

William Cecil, Lord Burghley. (By courtesy of the Marquess of Salisbury)

Lord Darnley and Mary Queen of Scots. (By courtesy of the National Trust)

Philip II of Spain and Mary. (By courtesy of Woburn Abbey)

Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester. (By courtesy of the Marquess of Bath and the Courtauld Institute)

Sir Christopher Hatton by Nicholas Hilliard. (By courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum)

Sir Francis Walsingham by John de Critz the Elder. (By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London)

Francis Duke of Alenon. (By courtesy of the Mary Evans Picture Library)

Sir Philip Sidney. (From the collection at Parham Park, West Sussex)

Sir Walter Raleigh. (By courtesy of the Mary Evans picture Library)

Sir Francis Drake. (By courtesy of the Mary Evans Picture Library)

Elizabeth I: the Armada Portrait. (By courtesy of Woburn Abbey)

Sir Robert Cecil. (By courtesy of the Marquess of Salisbury)

Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. (By courtesy of Woburn Abbey)

James VI of Scotland and I of England. (From the collection at Parham Park, West Sussex)

Elizabeth I in old age. (By courtesy of the Methuen Collection)

The funeral procession of Elizabeth I. (By courtesy of the British Library)

Authors Preface

Elizabeth the Queen is the third volume in my series of books on the Tudor monarchs. Having chronicled Elizabeth Tudors childhood in The Six Wives of Henry VIII and her formative years in Children of England, I found the prospect of writing about her life as Queen of England irresistible.

This was never meant to be a political biography, nor did I intend to write a social history of the times. My aim has always been to write a history of Elizabeths personal life within the framework of her reign, drawing on her own extensive literary remains, as well as those of her contemporaries. The manuscript was originally entitled The Private Life of Elizabeth I

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