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Tracy Borman.
Elizabeth’s Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen.
Published London: Vintage, 2010 (hardback was Cape, 2009).
ISBN 9780099578086.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., St. Ives plc.
Size: 129x197x30mm.
Page count: text xiii,450pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy looks rather battered, covers scuffed and creased, some wear on the edges and corners, some creasing on the spine; looks in reasonable order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £2.50
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for current edn. 9.99]
Weight without packaging: 353g.

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Examines the relationships of Elizabeth I with the women in her world to show how these brought out the best and worst in her character, and to reveal the real person behind the carefully cultivated image of the Virgin Queen.

Contents: Mother; 'The little whore'; Royal nursery; Stepmothers; Governess; Sister; The Queen’s hive; Virgin queen; Cousins; Faithful servants; 'That she-wolf'; The 'bosom serpent'; Gloriana; 'Witches'; 'Flouting wenches'; 'The sun now ready to set'.

Illustrations: 16 pages of colour plates
Maps & plans: no

Notes: end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 12pp
Index: yes

See also | Elizabeth I | Women’s studies |
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