Elizabeth and Essex
by Giles Lytton Strachey
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Dramatizes one of the most famous and most baffling romances in history -- between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Robert Devereux, the vital, handsome Earl of Essex. It began in May of 1587 when she was 53 and Essex was not yet 20 and continued until 1601.
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Biography, Court and courtiers, Essex, Robert Devereux, earl of, 1566-1601, History, Kings and rulers, Nobility, Queens, Relations with men, Relations with men., Royal Favorites, Reines, Courts and courtiers, Histoire, Cour et courtisans, Biographies, Man-woman relationships, Elizabeth i, queen of england, 1533-1603, Great britain, history, elizabeth, 1558-1603, Great britain, court and courtiers, Elizabeth -- I, -- Queen of England, -- 1533-1603, Essex, Robert Devereux, -- Earl of, -- 1566-1601, Favorites, royal, Nobility, great britain, Queens, great britain, Great britain, biographyPeople
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16th century, Elizabeth, 1558-1603Showing 5 featured editions. View all 41 editions?
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
November 4, 2002, Harvest Books
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Elizabeth and Essex: a tragic history
1996, Harcourt Brace & Co., Mariner Books
in English
0156283107 9780156283106
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Elizabeth & Essex: a tragic history
1981, Oxford University Press
in English
0192813102 9780192813107
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Bibliography: [3] p. following p. 244.
"Of this edition of Elizabeth & Essex designed by W.A. Dwiggins 1060 copies have been printed by William Edwin Rudge. Each copy has been signed by the author. 1000 copies will be for sale and distributed in America by Random House."
LC has copy no. 1056.
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