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Born in 1533, Elizabeth I was the product of the doomed marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. In 1558, on her Catholic sister Mary's death, she ascended the throne and reigned for 45 years. Loved and respected by her subjects and idolized by future generations, Gloriana's fierce devotion to her country and its people made her England's fairest queen and icon. Royal marriage in the age of Elizabeth was a political business. Unions between great families could be the key to security at home and to the making of great empires. No one represented a better prize than Elizabeth. She encouraged attention and spent her life surrounded by suitors, but she remained, until the end, married only to her kingdom. This, the third volume of Alison Plowden's Elizabethan quartet, plots the true story of the Virgin Queen's courtships and her career as "the greatest tease in history".

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: The many loves of Elizabeth, 29 Jul 2004 By  L O'connor (richmond, surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews       This is an extremely enjoyable account of Elizabeth I's many and varied courtships, from her girlhood infatuation with Thomas Seymour, through to her dalliance with the Earl of Essex in her old age. Alison Plowden is marvellous at telling Elizabeth's story with clarity and humour, particularly entertaining in her description of the complex on-off courtship of the Duc d'Alencon, of all her suitors perhaps the only one she ever seriously considered marrying. This is the most enjoyable account of Elizabeth's love life that you could wish to read.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   Entertaining and captivating, 12 Nov 2007 By  NMK (Munich, DE) - See all my reviews Alison Plowden analyses in a delightful and light-hearted way the love life of the first Queen Elizabeth. The author describes the intricate manoeuvres of one the greatest English monarchs in using marriage as a political ploy and how, whilst obviously enjoying the company of men and the attention she generated as "being the best match in her parish" for twenty years, she always (somehow) managed not to marry.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 2 customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews