Elizabeth I and Her Circle

Susan Doran

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Oxford University Press
07 June 2018

Biography: royalty; History; British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700

This is the inside story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. Using a wide range of original sources--including private letters, portraits, verse, drama, and state papers - Susan Doran provides a vivid and often dramatic account of political life in Elizabethan England and the queen at its center, offering a deeper insight into Elizabeth's emotional and political conduct - and challenging many of the popular myths that have grown up around her.

It is a story replete with fascinating questions. What was the true nature of Elizabeth's relationship with her father, Henry VIII, especially after his execution of her mother? What was the influence of her step-mothers on Elizabeth's education and religious beliefs? How close was she really to her half-brother Edward VI - and were relations with her half-sister Mary really as poisonous as is popularly assumed? And what of her relationship with her Stewart cousins, most famously with Mary Queen of Scots, executed on Elizabeth's orders in 1587, but also with Mary's son James VI of Scotland, later to succeed Elizabeth as her chosen successor?

Elizabeth's relations with her family were crucial, but almost as crucial were her relations with her courtiers and her councillors. Here again, the story unravels a host of interesting questions.

By: Susan Doran
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 526g
ISBN: 9780198816577
ISBN 10: 019881657X
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 07 June 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part 1: Kin 1: Parents and Siblings 2: The Suffolk Cousins 3: Mary Queen of Scots 4: James VI of Scotland Part 2: Courtiers 5: 'Eyes': Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 6: 'Lids': Sir Christopher Hatton 7: Her 'moste humble vassall': Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex 8: The Women who Served Part 3: Councillors 9: 'Sir Spirit': Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley 10: The 'Moor': Sir Francis Walsingham 11: The 'Pygmy': Sir Robert Cecil Epilogue Notes Select Bibliography Index

Susan Doran teaches at St Benet's Hall and is a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. She has published numerous books on Tudor history, including The Tudor Chronicles (Quercus, 2008). Her work has included consultancies for the media, and she has edited catalogues for three major exhibitions in London. She has regularly been interviewed for radio and TV programmes, and is currently planning an exhibition with the Bodleian Library on Stuart Successions. She is married with two adult children.

Reviews for Elizabeth I and Her Circle

this is a work of superb scholarship, and the author adroitly uses primary sources and art to illuminate her subject ... Essential. * D. R. Bisson, CHOICE * meticulously researched...This is a balanced, well-argued picture of Elizabeth * Historical Novels Review * immaculately-researched account of the last Tudor monarch's relationships with her courtly circle. * Eastern Daily Press * Excellent... a compelling panorama of personalities...the scholarship of Susan Doran shines through... * Literary Review, Anna Whitelock * An erudite and scholarly look at the life of one of the most important monarchs in English History * The Good Book Guide * Doran writes in a pleasingly conversational style... this is one of the good ones. * Tablet * This is an altogether superior book and one that demonstrates scholarly instincts and a knowledge of the period of a much higher order many readers will find it a valuable addition to the scholarship on Elizabeth I's queenship. * American Historical Review * A remarkable book about Queen Elizabeth I, one which will be of interest and is accessible to the general public and yet is also of great value to scholars in the field. Even those who are experts about the life and reign of Elizabeth will learn something new... a superb study. * Renaissance Quarterly * This brilliant study draws on original sources to cast it in a fresh light - and question some of the many myths about the Virgin Queen. * Juanita Coulson, The Lady *