Elizabeth I: The Making of a Queen by Laura Brennan Book Review
One of the best-known Queens in history is Queen Elizabeth I of England, without a doubt. Many books have already been written about her and […]
Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I – The body of a weak and feeble woman (Part four)
Read part three here. The trouble with Mary, Queen of Scots, was not over yet. The Babington Plot of 1586 saw Elizabeth’s spymaster Sir Francis […]
Queen Elizabeth I – Queen against the odds (Part three)
Read part two here. One of Elizabeth’s first acts was to appoint Sir William Cecil as her Principal Secretary of State, and they would form […]
Queen Elizabeth I – The years of waiting (Part two)
Read part one here. Roger Ascham replaced William Grindal as Elizabeth’s tutor when William died in 1548, and he remained as her full-time tutor for […]
Queen Elizabeth I – A Tudor Princess (Part one)
On 7 September 1533 at 3 in the afternoon, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a daughter at Greenwich who would be named Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s father, […]
The Palace of Placentia – Birthplace of two Queens
Nothing now remains of The Palace Of Placentia – built in 1443 by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester – on the banks of the River Thames. […]