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First Elizabeth Paperback - 1997

by Carolly Erickson

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Author Carolly Erickson brings to life Elizabeth I and allows us to see the living, breathing, flirtatious, diplomatic, and outrageous woman who still commands fascination and awe. With the special skill for which she is acclaimed, Erickson evokes the brilliant colors of Elizabethan clothing and jewelry, the texture of tapestries, and even the close, perfumed air of castle rooms. illustrations.

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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.

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In this 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.

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  • Title First Elizabeth
  • Author Carolly Erickson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Griffin, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1997-08-15
  • ISBN 9780312168421 / 031216842X
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.17 x 1.22 in (23.37 x 15.67 x 3.10 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 16th Century
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Elizabeth, Great Britain - History - Elizabeth,
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97022176
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • New York Times, 09/21/1997, Page 40

About the author

Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of Rival to the Queen, The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, 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.

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