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Elizabeth, Captive Princess
Elizabeth Captive Princess
Author: Margaret Irwin
Irwin took the same tack with these volumes as Shakespeare did centuries before her: namely, using real events in her country's history as the basis for her fiction. Both titles, published in 1953 and 1948, respectively, follow young Elizabeth; her half-sister Queen Mary; Mary's fiance, Philip of Spain; and a cast of courtly players, most of who...  more »
ISBN: 42163
Pages: 246
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margaret Irwin is just about the best historical novelist of her time. This book centers around the time before the Protestant Elizabeth I was Queen. Takes place during Mary's reign, and all the danger in her life surrounding factions eager to put her on the throne and usurp the Catholic Mary.


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