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Queen Elizabeth I: A Biography (Classic Reprint)
Queen Elizabeth I A Biography - Classic Reprint Author:Jacob Abbott The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute detaih which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive... more » examination of the anuals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. Id writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical accounts, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; i, Elizabeth's mother 13; ii the childhood OF a princr88 39; 111 lady jane orey 57; iv'the spanish match 61; v elizabeth in the tower 10O; vi accession to TH1 throne 120; vii the war in scotland 141; viii Elizabeth's lovers161; ix personal character 187; X the invincible armada208; xi the earl of ESSEX232; xii the conclusion260
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