Queen Elizabeth (Annotated) Kindle Edition

Comes with explanatory notes.The Appendix includes;> SESSIONS OF PARLIAMENT IN THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH.> THE PRINCIPAL HOWARDS CONTEMPORARIES OF ELIZABETH.> PRINCIPAL BOLEYN RELATIONS OF ELIZABETHTypographical errors corrected"...A long life, almost the whole of its adult period passed in the exercise of sovereignty – a life which is in effect the history of England during forty-five years, abounding at the same time in personal interest, and the subject, both in its public and private aspects, of fierce and probably interminable controversies...""There have been many greater statesmen than Elizabeth. She was far from being an admirable type of womanhood... However, few rulers have had to contend with such formidable and complicated difficulties as the English Queen. Few have surmounted them so triumphantly..."[Edward Spencer Beesly] Read more