Marriage With My Kingdom. The Courtships of Elizabeth I.

London England: Book Club Associates, 1977. Hardback. Slight shelf wear to bottom edge of D/J. Slight foxing to top edge. The one thing everyone knows anbout the first Queen Elizabeth is that, although she remained 'the best match in her parish' for more than twenty years, she consistently refused to marry and indeed lost no opportunity of proclaiming her strong personal distate for the state of matrimony. But Elizabeth was no sexual deviant - at least in no obvious sense. She enjoyed the company of men. In fact, her obvious enjoyment of the company of her best friend, Lord Robert Dudley, gave rise to a good deal of scandal, and to the end of her life whe never lost her eye for an attractive and amusing man. Whether or not she remained a virgin is something that will probably nver be known for certain, but with one possible expection the available evidence indicates that she did. The author'snew book follows the intricate manoeuvres of one the greatest English monarchs, and one of the most fascintaing women of all time. Illustrated. 216 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). 1st Book Club Associates. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harback.