\'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England\'s history\' In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. But this image is as much armour as a reflection of the truth. In this illuminating account of England\'s iconic queen, Helen Castor reveals her reign as shaped by a profound and enduring insecurity that was a matter of both practical politics and personal psychology. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 11.1x11.1cm