Elizabeth I and her circle

This is the story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. Using a wide range of original sources--including private letters, portraits, verse, drama, and state papers--Susan Doran provides a vivid and often dra...

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Varying form of title:Elizabeth I & her circle
Author / Creator: Doran, Susan.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Edition:First edition.
Imprint: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.
Table of Contents:
  • Parents and siblings
  • The Suffolk cousins
  • Mary Queen of Scots
  • James VI of Scotland
  • 'Eyes': Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
  • 'Lids': Sir Christopher Hatton
  • Her 'most humble vassall': Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex
  • The women who served
  • 'Sir Spirit': Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley
  • The 'Moor': Sir Francis Walsingham
  • The 'Pygmy': Sir Robert Cecil.