Dissing Elizabeth.(Review)

History Today | July 1, 1999| | Copyright

Dissing Elizabeth Negative Representations of Gloriana

Julia M. Walker Duke University Press x + 300pp. 16.95 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 0-8223-2074-6

WHY IS ELIZABETH I such a difficult biographical subject? The most obvious reason is the need to provide an explanation for her virginity that can also make sense of the wider personal relationships that comprised the court. This is the central problem for Alison Weir in writing Elizabeth the Queen, `a history of Elizabeth's personal life within the framework of her reign'. Weir moves briskly and sustains 500 ...

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