Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth I
by Jane Resh Thomas
The author puts special emphasis on the queen as a woman and proto-feminist in this regal-looking biography filled with black-and-white photographs of the times and its personalities, and a stunning eight-page colour insert of the queen's life in portraits.
Elizabeth I
by Anne Somerset
Focuses on the queen's complex political life, documenting, largely from primary sources, the religious conflicts, wars, explorations and conspiracies that marked her reign of 45 years. Contains 16 pages of black and white illustrations.
Bloody Mary
by Carolly Erickson
Excellent character study of Mary Tudor and her complex family power struggles as well as detailed descriptions of costumes, ceremonials and official pageantry. Reading like a novel, the book takes a largely sympathetic perspective on the harsh measures she took to reestablish Catholicism in England.
The Heart and Stomach of a King : Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power (New Cultural
Studies) by Carole Levin Illustrated children’s introduction to the Virgin Queen.
Innovative academic study eaxmining how Elizabeth negotiated a patriarchal society during her long and successful reign.
England Under the Tudors by Geoffrey R. Elton
A look at society, national and international politics, the economy and religious conflict during the reign of the Tudor monarchs.
The Virgin Queen : Elizabeth I, Genius of the Golden Age
by Christopher Hibbert
Accessible biography of Elizabeth I, with interesting trivial asides such as details of the monarch’s makeup, jewels, clothing, etc.
Queen Elizabeth I (First Books)
by Robert Green
Illustrated children’s introduction.
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