2015, ISBN: 9780544577855

´;Game-changing . . . How history should be written.´ Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon: A Life [An] ambitious re-examination of the intersection of gender and monarchy.´ New York Times … Plus…

´;Game-changing . . . How history should be written.´ Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon: A Life [An] ambitious re-examination of the intersection of gender and monarchy.´ New York Times Book Review Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it suited her ´;weak and feeble woman´s body´ to do so for political gain. But inElizabeth, historian Lisa Hilton offers ample evidence why those famous words should not be taken at face value. With new research out of France, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, Hilton´s fresh interpretation is of a queen who saw herself primarily as a Renaissance princean expert in Machiavellian statecraft.Elizabeth depicts a queen who was much less constrained by her femininity than most accounts claim, challenging readers to reassess Elizabeth´s reign and the colorful drama and intrigue to which it is always linked. It´s a fascinating journey that shows how a marginalized newly crowned queen, whose European contemporaries considered her to be the illegitimate ruler of a pariah nation, ultimately adapted to become England´s first recognizably modern head of state. ´;Hilton transforms an irreverent, centuries-old vision of a ´;bewigged farthingale with a mysterious sex life´ into a resolute, steel-spined survivor who far surpassed Henry VII´s wildest hopes for his new dynasty.´ Publishers Weekly Renaissance Prince eBook ePUB 10.11.2015 eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, .201<

ISBN: 9780544577855

A new portrait that casts the queen as she saw herself: not as an exceptional woman, but as an exceptional ruler Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gend… Plus…

A new portrait that casts the queen as she saw herself: not as an exceptional woman, but as an exceptional ruler Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it suited her ´;weak and feeble woman´s body´ to do so for political gain. But inElizabeth, historian Lisa Hilton offers ample evidence why those famous words should not be taken at face value. With new research out of France, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, Hilton´s fresh interpretation is of a queen who saw herself primarily as a Renaissance prince and used Machiavellian statecraft to secure that position.A decade since the last major biography, this Elizabeth breaks new ground and depicts a queen who was much less constrained by her femininity than most treatments claim. For readers of David Starkey and Alison Weir, it will provide a new, complex perspective on Elizabeth´s emotional and sexual life. It´s a fascinating journey that shows how a marginalized newly crowned queen, whose European contemporaries considered her to be the illegitimate ruler of a pariah nation, ultimately adapted to become England´s first recognizably modern head of state. Renaissance Prince eBook eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt<