Elizabeth I: Collected Works.(Book Review)

Publication: CLIO

Publication Date: 22-MAR-02

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COPYRIGHT 2002 Indiana University, Purdue University of Fort Wayne

Edited by Leah S. Marcus, Janel Mueller, and Mary Beth Rose. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. 446 pages.

Elizabeth I is one of the most famous women in history and both popular and scholarly books about her are produced at a steady rate. There has not been, however, a new and thorough collection and edition of her letters, speeches, poems, and prayers, for many years. While the editions of her letters by G. B. Harrison and her poems by Leicester Bradner have been useful, they pale compared to this present work.

Elizabeth I: Collected Works is an extraordinary collection of Elizabeth I's writings and speeches that will be of great value to scholars and of real appeal...

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