Elizabeth I, a once and future queen.(Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England: Literature, History, Sovereignty)(Book Review)

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Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England: Literature, History, Sovereignty. By John Watkins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xii + 264 pages.

England's Elizabeth: An Afterlife in Fame and Fantasy. By Michael Dobson and Nicola J. Watson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. xii + 348 pages.

Any questions about enduring interest in the Virgin Queen, at least in the Anglo-American world, might be laid to rest by the popular response to commemorati...

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