Young Bess
- 264pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
'I doubt if anyone could create more perfectly than Miss Irwin, the illusion of a vanished age.' - Observer
Trilogia di Elisabetta Serie
Questa serie si addentra nella vita di una giovane principessa che naviga attraverso giochi politici insidiosi e pericolose intrighi di corte. Segui il suo viaggio attraverso colpi di scena inaspettati mentre impara a discernere motivi nascosti e a plasmare il suo destino in tempi turbolenti. Offre uno sguardo accattivante sulla vita aristocratica e sulle forze che hanno plasmato la storia.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
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- 2
Good Queen Bess - 2: Elizabeth, Captive Princess
- 333pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
A brother dead; a cousin executed; imprisonment in the Tower--in the aftermath of Edward VI's demise England is in turmoil and young Elizabeth's position is precarious. But while she is prey to the Queen's jealous suspicions, Queen Mary is fading; while Elizabeth is twenty and healthy. The country looks to the young princess for its future. Imperious, high spirited, fighting for her life, Elizabeth already shows the diplomacy, the baffling changes of mood, and the power to win men's devotion for which she would be famous as Queen. This is the second book in the series started in Queen Bess.
- 3
Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain
- 336pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Philip of Spain, unwilling bridegroom of Queen Mary, has been warned about the Queen's half-sister, the young Elizabeth. According to reports, she is a heretic, a rebel and a potential enemy with 'a spirit full of enchantment'. An alluring description and one that immediately intrigues, rather than deters, the foreign prince.
