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The Princess Elizabeth was an unwanted daughter, for Henry VIII had hoped that his second Queen, Anne Boleyn, would bear him a son. But from her babyhood, Elizabeth was a person of charm and importance. She grew up in a world of intrigue and danger. Men and women of her own household went to the scaffold and she did not know when she herself might be sent to the Tower for the same dread reason. And so she developed the wit, the wisdom and the courage that protected her then and later made her a Queen beloved by her people.
Here is Elizabeth's true story, as it is revealed by documents, letters and journals of that turbulent, colorful era. It has the strength and thrill of simple truth. There is no attempt at imaginary conversation or episode. Every remark and every happening in this account of a young girl's strange and exciting life is authentic.
The author has devoted thorough study to Eliza- bethan authorities and to source material. She has absorbed the personality of Elizabeth and the history of Tudor England, and has presented a vivid, com- prehensive picture of Elizabeth's life up to the moment when she became Queen of England. From the narrative Elizabeth emerges as a youthful fore- shadowing of the great queen she was to become. The English people are revealed as a will, an enduring identity, at a particularly thrilling time in the forma- tion of the Empire.
Miss King's complete work has been checked and approved by an eminent Elizabethan authority.
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