![]() ![]() Ironically, Elizabeth loathed war as a woman, she could not lead her own troops and distrusted her military commanders. A uniquely absorbing tale of one young woman's turbulent, courageous, and seemingly impossible journey toward the throne, Elizabeth is the exhilarating story of the making of a queen. tags: David Starkey, Elizabeth 1, English History This section focuses on what was to be Elizabeth’s finest hour the rout of the Spanish Armada in 1588. From princess and heir-apparent to bastardized and disinherited royal, accused traitor to head of the princely household, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and extreme of condition - and rose above it all to reign during a watershed moment in history. ![]() 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. In this spirited United Kingdom bestseller, Starkey presents a brilliant examination of the formative years of the "Virgin Queen, " recreating a host of extravagant characters, mad-cap schemes, and tragic plots, while using original documents to depict the princess's tumultuous life before her accession to the throne in 1588. David Starkey resigns from university role over slavery comments 3 July 2020 Fitzwilliam College, at Cambridge University, has announced it has 'accepted the resignation of historian David. ![]()
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