{"product_id":"elizabeth-i-9780385721578","title":"Elizabeth I","description":"Glitteringly detailed and engagingly written, the magisterial \u003cb\u003eElizabeth I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to vivid life the golden age of sixteenth-century England and the uniquely fascinating monarch who presided over it. A woman of intellect and presence, Elizabeth was the object of extravagant adoration by her contemporaries. She firmly believed in the divine providence of her sovereignty and exercised supreme authority over the intrigue-laden Tudor court and Elizabethan England at large. Brilliant, mercurial, seductive, and maddening, an inspiration to artists and adventurers and the subject of vicious speculation over her choice not to marry, Elizabeth became the most powerful ruler of her time. Anne Somerset has immortalized her in this splendidly illuminating account.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne Somerset was born in England in 1955 and educated in London, Gloucestershire, and Kent. After studying history at King's College, London, she worked as a research assistant for various historians. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Life and Times of William IV, Ladies-in-Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day, Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Affair of Poisons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e She is married and lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872589844754,"sku":"9780385721578","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8c5b7f0-c26c-485a-97e5-70507b1dcb09.jpg?v=1737902384","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/elizabeth-i-9780385721578","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}