Alison Weir – The Life of Elizabeth I (1998) (48)
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Title: The Life of Elizabeth I
Author: Alison Weir
Read By: Davina Porter
Copyright: 1998
Genre: Nonfiction
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Book Description
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Amazon.com Review
The long life and powerful personality of England’s beloved Virgin Queen
have eternal appeal, and popular historian Alison Weir depicts both
with panache. She’s especially good at evoking the physical texture
of Tudor England: the elaborate royal gowns (actually an intricate assembly
of separate fabric panels buttoned together over linen shifts), the
luxurious but unhygienic palaces (Elizabeth got the only "close stool";
most members of her retinue relieved themselves in the courtyards),
the huge meals heavily seasoned to disguise the taste of spoiled meat.
Against this earthy backdrop, Elizabeth’s intelligence and formidable
political skills stand in vivid relief. She may have been autocratic,
devious, even deceptive, but these traits were required to perform a
45-year tightrope walk between the two great powers of Europe, France
and Spain. Both countries were eager to bring small, weak England under
their sway and to safely marry off its inconveniently independent queen.
Weir emphasizes Elizabeth’s precarious position as a ruling woman in
a man’s world, suggesting plausibly that the single life was personally
appealing as well as politically expedient for someone who had seen
many ambitious ladies–including her own mother–ruined and even executed
for just the appearance of sexual indiscretions. The author’s evaluations
of such key figures in Elizabeth’s reign as the Earl of Leicester (arguably
the only man she ever loved) and William Cecil (her most trusted adviser)
are equally cogent and respectful of psychological complexity. Weir
does a fine job of retelling this always-popular story for a new generation.
–Wendy Smith –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition
of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
Weir describes herself as a social historian but admits that when chronicling
the lives of the flamboyant Tudors, it’s impossible to keep domestic
politics and world affairs apart. One could hardly ignore the threatened
depredations of the "invincible" Spanish Armada or pass over the intrigues
of Mary Queen of Scots as she struggled to seize the throne and return
England to Roman Catholicism. Weir has already negotiated the complex
matrimonial life of Elizabeth’s father in The Six Wives of Henry VIII
and the early lives of the resulting progeny in The Children of Henry
VIII. After a lonely and often perilous childhood during which Elizabeth
was once imprisoned in the Tower and was nearly executed at the behest
of her half sister, Queen Mary, 25-year-old Elizabeth ascended to the
throne when Mary died. The prevailing expectation was that she would
speedily marry a strong man who would then take over as king: as Elizabeth
herself admitted, it was commonly thought that "a woman cannot live
unless she is married." Elizabeth did nothing of the kind and, as Weir
details, she did quite well for herself manipulating the royal marriage
mart of Europe. Weir uses myriad details of dress, correspondence and
contemporary accounts to create an almost affectionate portrait of a
strong, well-educated ruler loved by her courtiers and people alike.
Hot-tempered, imperious Elizabeth has been the subject of innumerable
biographies, many very good. But Weir brings a fine sense of selection
and considerable zest to her portrait of the self-styled Virgin Queen.—
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