The Cult Of Elizabeth
Published on 4. November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7126-6481-3 (ISBN)
Description
No other woman in world history has been of such compulsive interest as Elizabeth Tudor. While the rest of the 16th century Europe was subject to the bloodshed of religious war, Tudor peace brought England its great flowering of the arts. Central to that flowering was the enigmatic legend of the Queen herself, a myth deliberately created and sustained over four decades by public spectacle and courtly chivalry, by private sonnet and official oration.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Weight
619 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7126-6481-3 (9780712664813)
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Sir Roy Strong is well-known as an historian and garden writer, lecturer, critic, columnist and regular contributor to both radio and television. He was Director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1967-73 and of the V&A from 1974-87. In 1980 he was awarded the prestigious Shakespeare Prize by the FVS Foundation of Hamburg in recognition of his contribution to the arts in the UK. He has published a number of highly acclaimed books and his recent publications include THE STORY OF BRITAIN, THE SPIRIT OF BRITAIN, A COUNTRY LIFE, FEAST, CORONATION, THE LASKETT and his own diaries. He lives in Herefordshire.