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The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor
Elizabeth Norton
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Description for The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor
Hardback. 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: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 600.
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 her replies, ... 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 her replies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784081720
SKU
9781784081720
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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
This is how historical writing should be... the best history book I've read in a long time'
Alison Weir Many readers will find much to enjoy in this lively and detailed account of the politics and personalities of the early Elizabethan years
The Tablet
A lively and detailed account... Norton's narrative is pacy and colourful'
Susan ... Read more
Alison Weir Many readers will find much to enjoy in this lively and detailed account of the politics and personalities of the early Elizabethan years
The Tablet
A lively and detailed account... Norton's narrative is pacy and colourful'
Susan ... Read more