Young Bess
- 264pages
- 10 heures de lecture
'I doubt if anyone could create more perfectly than Miss Irwin, the illusion of a vanished age.' - Observer
La Trilogie Élisabeth Séries
Cette série explore la vie d'une jeune princesse naviguant dans de dangereux jeux politiques et d'intrigantes courtoises. Suivez son parcours à travers des rebondissements inattendus où elle apprend à discerner les motivations cachées et à forger son destin en des temps troublés. Elle offre un aperçu captivant de la vie aristocratique et des forces qui ont façonné l'histoire.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
- 1
- 2
Good Queen Bess - 2: Elizabeth, Captive Princess
- 333pages
- 12 heures de lecture
A brother dead; a cousin executed; imprisonment in the Tower--in the aftermath of Edward VI's demise England is in turmoil and young Elizabeth's position is precarious. But while she is prey to the Queen's jealous suspicions, Queen Mary is fading; while Elizabeth is twenty and healthy. The country looks to the young princess for its future. Imperious, high spirited, fighting for her life, Elizabeth already shows the diplomacy, the baffling changes of mood, and the power to win men's devotion for which she would be famous as Queen. This is the second book in the series started in Queen Bess.
- 3
Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Philip of Spain, unwilling bridegroom of Queen Mary, has been warned about the Queen's half-sister, the young Elizabeth. According to reports, she is a heretic, a rebel and a potential enemy with 'a spirit full of enchantment'. An alluring description and one that immediately intrigues, rather than deters, the foreign prince.
