The Lady Elizabeth

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Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed Lady Jane Grey, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England s most intriguing and powerful queen Even at age two, Elizabeth is keenly aware that people in the court of her father, King Henry VIII, have stopped referring to her as Lady Princess and now call her the Lady Elizabeth Before she is three, she learns of the tragic fate that has befallen her mother, the enigmatic and seductive Anne Boleyn, and that she herself has been declared illegitimate, an injustice that will haunt her. Best Download [ The Lady Elizabeth ] author [ Alison Weir ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I read Weir s Eleanor of Aquitane and was bored stiff by all the contradicting accounts she included You really wanted her to take a side, and she just wanted to give you all the information she had dug up Well, this novelized version of Elizabeth I s life preceding her coronation does take sides You have to credit Weir with creating a sympathetic character out of someone who tried during her reign to obliterate any trace of weakness or even of her past But one of the first things Weir does I read Weir s Eleanor of Aquitane and was bored stiff by all the contradicting accounts she included You really wanted her to take a side, and she just wanted to give you all the information she had dug up Well, this novelized version of Elizabeth I s life preceding her coronation does take sides You have to credit Weir with creating a sympathetic character out of someone who tried during her reign to obliterate any trace of weakness or even of her past But one of the first things Weir does is violate her own sense of what actually happened She personally believes Elizabeth was a virgin, but in the first third of the novel, she has Elizabeth having sex with her stepfather and then miscarrying t...I expectedfrom an historian Weir s imaginary account of Elizabeth I s early years is a bodice ripper The problem with academics writing fiction is they lack imagination Young Elizabeth is described as a minx whose body betrays her when she falls for the debatable charms of her stepfather thus explaining why she refuses men thereafter to become the Virgin Queen Blood, mess, childbirth Elizabeth recoils from the very idea of marriage There s nothing wrong with creating an imaginar I expectedfrom an historian ...Here is another one I was asked to review for Library Journal.OMG, so good This is the second fiction novel from Alison Weir, the fabulous Tudor historian who wrote many biographies, including The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and The Children of Henry VIII But last year she gave us her first foray into fiction about Lady Jane Grey, who was queen fo...This absorbing novel, which takes Elizabeth from early childhood to the day she becomes queen, explores the reasons this ruler chose to remain The Virgin Queen Weir constructs her story around basic historical facts I feel so mucheducated on who Elizabeth was and what made her into the Queen sh...10 days It took me 10 days to plod my way through this 400 page book I kept coming up with reasons NOT to read this I cleaned out junk drawers, broke down cardboard boxes, sorted through my winter clothes, organized my armoire, etc And when evening rolled around my usual time for reading , I surfed the Internet, played games on my tablet, watched television, calculated my taxes, etc I did just about ANYTHING other than read this book I never seemed to be in the mood for it.To put it blu 10 days It took me 10 days to plod my way through this 400 page book I kept coming up with reasons NOT to read this I cleaned out junk drawers, broke down cardboard boxes, sorted through my winter clothes, organized my armoire, etc And when evening rolled around my usual time for reading , I surfed the Internet, played games on my tablet, watched television, calculated my taxes, etc I did just about ANYTHING other than read this book I never seemed to be in the mood for it.To put it bluntly, I was bored to tears by this novel The author would take a couple of main topics and bury you with them.For example, parts of the relationship between Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour were W...To me, Elizabeth I is the most interesting of all the English monarchs This novel is about the young Elizabeth, which may be aremarkable story than that of her as Queen Elizabeth She is very lucky to have survived, let alone become Queen.Her mother was executed as a traitor, she was proclaimed illegitimate, her father w...Alison Weir is very easy to read She is in her element writing this kind of historical fiction, because she has written so many biographies on the Tudors, including the Wives of Henry VIII which I loved I also really enjoyed Innocent Traitor Unlike Philippa Gregory, Weir s writing is based on actual facts Do not get me wrong, I loved Gregory s The Other Boleyn Girl, but it had very little based on fact, it was made into an entirely different drama My only issue with this is that I have read Alison Weir is very easy to read She is in her element writing this kind of historical fiction, because she has written so many biog...The story telling was 4 stars, the fictional liberties were 1 1 2 stars Yes, I know it s a fictional book, but I expectfrom a historian than a bunch of cliches In Weir s author notes, she says she enjoyed running with this story, but stated she stayed true to the facts I did not like the portrayal of Kat Elizabeth s governess She was immature, annoying and I simply wanted to slap her The problem with knowing Tudor history is hating to see the mythsAnne Boleyn and the 6th finger, The story telling was 4 stars, the fictional liberties were 1 1 2 stars Yes, I know it s a fictional book, but I expectfrom a historian than a bunch of cliches In Weir s author notes, she says she enjoyed running with this story, but stated she stayed true to the facts I did not like the portrayal of Kat Elizabeth s governess She was immature, annoying and I simply wanted to slap her The problem with knowing Tudor history is hating to see the mythsAnne Boleyn and the 6th finger, Jane Grey having abusive parents etc Elizabeth was a naive child, who fell in ...I ve read a couple of Weir s books, fiction and history and so far I ve been very impressed I sometimes really struggle with the story of Elizabeth, she is a woman I greatly admire but her life sometimes lacks the excitement her parents had I keep trying to figure this out and I think the conclusion is that I don t like the men in her life Thomas Seymour and Robert Dudley are the times when she appears weakest and they are not worthy men in my opinion I know they are important parts of her l I ve read a couple of Weir s books, fiction and history and so far I ve been very impressed I sometimes really struggle with the story of Elizabeth, she is a woman I greatly admire but her life sometimes lacks the excitement her parents had I keep trying to figure this out and I think the conclusion is that I don t like the men in her life Thomas Seymour and Robert Dudley are the times when she appears weakest and they are not worthy men in my opinion I know they are important parts of her life but the fact that I dislike them both although you didn t see much of Dudley in this book sometimes makes it hard to engage in Elizabeth s story when they are about Weir adm...A very interesting fictional portrayal of the life of Queen Elizabeth the first before her ascension to the throne The book is divided into three parts describing different periods In the first, the writer deals with her childhood in a very tender manner that shows us that despite her position she was also a little girl like all the others, looking for love and affection In the second she deals with her highly controversial relationship with her stepfather but I found this point somewhat exag A very interesting fictional portrayal of the life of Queen Elizabeth the first before her ascension to the throne The book is divided into three parts describing different periods In the first, the writer deals with her childhood in a very t...

The Lady Elizabeth
  • English
  • 20 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 483 pages
  • 0345495357
  • Alison Weir
  • The Lady Elizabeth