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The Temptation Of Elizabeth Tudor
Elizabeth Norton
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Description for The Temptation Of Elizabeth Tudor
Paperback. The riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the public persona of Elizabeth I. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
England, late 1547. Henry VIII is dead. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the old king's widow Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour. Ambitious, charming and dangerous, Seymour begins an overt flirtation with Elizabeth that ends in her being sent away by Catherine. When Catherine dies in autumn 1548 and Seymour is arrested for treason soon after, the scandal explodes into the open. Alone and in dreadful danger, Elizabeth is closely questioned by the king's regency council: Was she still a virgin? Was there a child? Had she promised to marry Seymour? In ... Read more
England, late 1547. Henry VIII is dead. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the old king's widow Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour. Ambitious, charming and dangerous, Seymour begins an overt flirtation with Elizabeth that ends in her being sent away by Catherine. When Catherine dies in autumn 1548 and Seymour is arrested for treason soon after, the scandal explodes into the open. Alone and in dreadful danger, Elizabeth is closely questioned by the king's regency council: Was she still a virgin? Was there a child? Had she promised to marry Seymour? In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784081737
SKU
V9781784081737
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About Elizabeth Norton
Elizabeth Norton is a historian of the queens of England and the Tudor period. She is the author of biographies of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr, and of England's Queens: The Biography.
Reviews for The Temptation Of Elizabeth Tudor
'Riveting' Choice Magazine. 'Soundly researched and very readable history, and Ms Norton vividly conveys the atmosphere of intrigue between member of the power-hungry families' The Book Bag. 'Absolutely stunning. A forensic analysis of an intriguing and disturbing episode in Elizabeth I's early life which casts fresh light onto our most fascinating monarch' Sarah Gristwood. 'A lively and detailed account ... ... Read more