The First Elizabeth, Carolly Erickson
The First Elizabeth, Carolly Erickson
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The First Elizabeth

Author: Carolly Erickson

Narrator: Nelson Runger

Unabridged: 18 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/27/2012


Synopsis

Elizabeth was not just Queen, she was ruler. In an age of male supremacy she, by sheer force of character, became not only the unchallenged leader of the English but also the first leader of an empire upon which the sun never set. Erickson's biography tells the truth about this extraordinary woman and profiles some amazing people-their personalities and culture.

About Carolly Erickson

Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of Rival to the Queen, The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, The First Elizabeth, The Hidden Life of Josephine, The Last Wife of Henry VIII, and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel The Tsarina’s Daughter won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. She lives in Hawaii.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Erika on November 26, 2018

Ho sempre ammirato la perseveranza di questa donna, come figura politica, storica, di donna in un mondo che le donne non le ha mai potute sopportare con del potere vero tra le mani, scoprire chi fosse davvero, conoscerla, per quanto possibile, me l'ha fatta ammirare ancora di più, nonostante la miri......more

Goodreads review by Hella on October 20, 2021

Con questa biografia di Elisabetta I, preceduta da quella della madre Anna Bolena e della sorellastra Maria, chiudo il mio personale ciclo di storie sulle donne della famiglia Tudor raccontate da Carolly Erickson. Su Elisabetta I e l'età elisabettiana ci sarebbero tantissimo da dire, in questo libro......more

Goodreads review by Erik on October 06, 2020

Carolly Erickson is one of those rare academics who is able to write very well. Her biography of Elizabeth I conveys not only a clear sense of her subject's personality but also a believable representation of the culture of both her court and her nation against the backdrop of European history. Unli......more

Goodreads review by Rowizyx on November 26, 2014

Ottimo stile, molto fluente e leggibile. Non è semplice condensare gli anni di una vita così lunga per l'epoca e così piena di fatti e avvenimenti in 350 pagine, tuttavia avrei preferito meno gossip e più attenzione alla politica di Elisabetta. Ad esempio, non è citato l'incontro con Grania O'Malley......more

Goodreads review by Devon on May 10, 2025

This book obviously focuses on Elizabeth I from her birth to her death. I didn’t actually know a WHOLE lot about her apart from the more obvious stuff (daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry the VIII, her relationship with Robert Dudley, fending off the Spanish Armada). This goes into more detail. It seem......more