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Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I.
[Buy it!] | Alford, Stephen: | USD 29.00
(Sun Jun 2 15:39:00 2024) | Choosebooks/ZVAB | Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß | ISBN10: 0300118961, ISBN13: 9780300118964, [publisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press] Hardcover XV, 412 p., plates. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Minimally rubbed jacket, allover very good and clean. Includes review of the book. / Minimal beriebener Umschlag, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. Beiliegend Rezension zum Buch. - William Cecil, Lord Burghley (152098) was Elizabeth Is closest adviser and, as this revealing and provocative biography shows, the driving force behind the Queens reign for four decades. Cecil, the steadfast rock of Elizabeths government, had a deep and personal impact on the development of the English state. A committed Protestant, he guided the domestic and foreign affairs of the nation with the confidence of his religious conviction. Believing himself to be the divinely-instigated protector of his monarch, he felt able to disobey her direct commands. He was uncompromising, obsessive, supremely self-assured a cunning politician as well as a consummate servant. This comprehensive biography gives proper weight to Cecils formative years, his subtle navigation of the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I, his lifelong enmity with Mary Queen of Scots, and his obsession with family dynasty. It also provides a fresh account of Elizabeth I and her reign, uncovering limitations and concerns about invasion, succession and conspiracy. Intimate, authoritative and enormously readable, this book will redefine our understanding of the Elizabethan period. - Stephen Alford was educated at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and is university lecturer in history at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Kings College. He is the author of The Early Elizabethan Polity (1998) and Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI (2002). ISBN 9780300118964 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 932 Original cloth with dust jacket.
[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 2008]
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