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By: Dr David Starkey

ISBN: 9780099286578
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2001
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2001
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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A woman in a man's world, confident of her destiny to reign, intensely intelligent, passionately sexual yet a virgin, Elizabeth was to become England's most successful ruler. Surrounded by betrayal and suspicion, she had to live by her wits, not knowing who to trust with her desire to be Queen.


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By: Andrew Morton

ISBN: 9781789294231
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 3rd February 2022
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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A captivating and unique biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret, told by the internationally renowned royal biographer Andrew Morton.


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By: Jane Dunn

ISBN: 9780006531920
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2004
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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This, a dual biography of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, provides political, sexual and psychologogical drama on the Tudor stage.


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By: Jenny Uglow

ISBN: 9780571203598
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
UK Publication Date: 4th October 1999
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminist arguments of nineteenth century Britain, with enjoyment, passion and wit.


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By: Helen Castor

ISBN: 9780141989945
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Douglas Hurd

ISBN: 9780141987446
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 28th June 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Artemis Cooper

ISBN: 9781848549265
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2017
Publisher: John Murray Press
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The authorised biography of Elizabeth Jane Howard from the award-winning author of Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure


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By: Alison Weir

ISBN: 9780099546474
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2014
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. Heiress to the royal House of York, she schemed to marry Richard III, the man who had deposed and probably killed her brothers, and it is possible that she then conspired to put Henry Tudor on the throne. This book is a portrait of this beloved queen.


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By: Antonia Felix

ISBN: 9781492680079
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
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The essential biography of one of the most empowering politicians of the century. Now in paperback!


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By: Nicola Tallis

ISBN: 9781782437932
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2018
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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The first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era.Living from the reign of Henry VIII through to Charles I, Lettice's story offers an extraordinary and intimate perspective on the history of the period.


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By: Nicola Tallis

ISBN: 9781782439240
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 15th November 2018
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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The first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era.


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By: Tracy Borman

ISBN: 9780099548621
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2010
UK Publication Date: 6th May 2010
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Elizabeth I is often portrayed as a ruthless 'man's woman', who derided her own sex - and loved to flirt with the young men at her court. Yet she was born into a world of women and it is her relationships with these women that provide the most fascinating insight into the character of this remarkable monarch.


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By: Hugo Vickers

ISBN: 9780099476627
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2006
UK Publication Date: 4th May 2006
Publisher: Cornerstone
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This was partly due to her long life, and the difficulty that always exists when a biography of a living person is attempted, partly because she was a queen - and the real person gets hidden behind the perceived image - and partly because she is hard to pin down.


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By: Alison Weir

ISBN: 9780099524250
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
UK Publication Date: 1st January 2009
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Portrays Elizabeth as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. This book tells of: Elizabeth's long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; her dealings with her many suitors; her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots; and, her bizarre relationship with the Earl of Essex, thirty years her junior.


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By: Sarah Bradford

ISBN: 9780141006550
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2002
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Unravels Elizabeth's family secrets - how she was influenced by her father; her troubled relationships with her children; the story of her difficult marriage; and how this remarkable monarch has coped with the pressures of being a mother who is also the most famous woman in the world.


By: Jennie Bond

ISBN: 9781787394803
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2020
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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This original and informative book is packed full of stunning photographs of Elizabeth's life and reign as Queen.


By: Jennie Bond

ISBN: 9781842225042
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2002
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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By: Alan Titchmarsh

ISBN: 9781849906654
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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On 2 June 1953, 27-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York was crowned Queen, the eyes of the world upon her as she dedicated herself to her country. Drawing from his own experience and time spent with the royal family, alongside additional meticulous research, the author observes the woman, the mother and the monarch.


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By: Lisa Hilton

ISBN: 9781780220079
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A definitive portrait of one of the most compelling monarchs England has ever had: Elizabeth I.


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By: Gyles Brandreth

ISBN: 9780241637968
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Gyles Brandreth

ISBN: 9780241582589
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 8th December 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Claire Gervat

ISBN: 9780099429357
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2004
Publisher: Cornerstone
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Elizabeth Chudleigh was one of the eighteenth century's most colourful characters. In an engaging history of this strong and wilful woman, Gervat shows there was far more to Elizabeth than the caricature villain her contemporaries made her out to be.


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By: Stefany Shaheen

ISBN: 9780316258753
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
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The endearing true story of a Type-A mom struggling to care for a daughter who has Type 1 diabetes-and the incredible service dog who changes their lives for the better.


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By: Tree Abraham

ISBN: 9781593767853
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 28th January 2025
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
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