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Elizabeth: Virgin Queen?

'Gloriana', 'Faerie Queen', 'Queen Bess', are just some of the names given to Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. But the name for which she is perhaps most remembered and which best explains why Elizabeth was the last of the Tudor monarchs, was the "Virgin Queen.'

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But how appropriate is that image? Were Elizabeth's suitors and favourites really just innocent intrigues? Or were they much more than that?

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 328 pages

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  3. Elizabeth of York: The Forgotten Tudor Queen
  4. Queen Elizabeth in the Garden: A Story of Love, Rivalry, and Spectacular Gardens

“If you want more of the same (history), start with these.”

  1. Elizabeth & Leicester: Power, Passion, Politics
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  3. Catherine Howard: The Queen Whose Adulteries Made a Fool of Henry VIII
  4. Thomas Cromwell: The Rise and Fall of Henry VIII's Most Notorious Minister

“If it was the tudors that hooked you, try one of these.”

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  3. A Daughter's Love: Thomas More and His Dearest Meg
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