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  • EDITION:
    5th Edition
  • ISBN:
    031216842X
  • ISBN-13:
    9780312168421
  • PUB. DATE:
    August 1997
  • PUBLISHER:
    St. Martin's Press

First Elizabeth / Edition 5 by Carolly Erickson

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Entertaining and informativeby Anonymous

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I actually bought this book for an English lit class but enjoyed it so much I kept it after the class ended. Erickson's style is easy-to-read and has a good pace. Instead of a rote list of dates, it includes details of daily life such as expected behaviors, education, clothing and a fair glimpse of the up-and-down esteem Elizabeth was given during her childhood.

Detail without perspectiveby Col-H

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A beautifully written personal history of one of Britain?s greatest monarchs that is full of personal reflections and the details of the queen's day to day life. However, Erickson fails to connect the dramatic times and events of the era to the story of her life. In stead, the reader suffers through pages and pages of detailed descriptions of clothing, meals and court ritual, but is at a complete loss...

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First Elizabeth

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  • Pub. Date: August 1997
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Sales Rank: 527,845

Synopsis

In this remarkable biography, Carolly Erickson brings Elizabeth I to life and allows us to see her as a living, breathing, elegant, flirtatious, diplomatic, violent, arrogant, and outrageous woman who commands our attention, fascination, and awe.

With the special skill for which she is acclaimed, Carolly Erickson electrifies the senses as she evokes with total fidelity the brilliant colors of Elizabethan clothing and jewelry, the texture of tapestries, and even the close, perfumed air of castle rooms. Erickson demonstrates her extraordinary ability to discern and bring to life psychological and physical reality.

Biography

A Ph.D. in medieval history from Columbia University led Carolly Erickson to six years as a college professor, then to a career as a full-time writer. She lives in Hawaii.