The Lady Elizabeth
(Audiobook CD)

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Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, [2008].
ISBN
9781415954133, 1415954135
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Published
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, [2008].
Format
Audiobook CD
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16 audio discs (approximately 77 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9781415954133, 1415954135

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Unabridged.
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Read by Rosalyn Landor.
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"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. What comes next is a succession of stepmothers, bringing with them glimpses of love, fleeting security, tempestuous conflict, and tragedy. The death of her father puts the teenage Elizabeth in greater peril, leaving her at the mercy of ambitious and unscrupulous men. Like her mother two decades earlier she is imprisoned in the Tower of London--and fears she will also meet her mother's grisly end. Power-driven politics, private scandal and public gossip, a disputed succession, and the grievous example of her sister, "Bloody" Queen Mary, all cement Elizabeth's resolve in matters of statecraft and love, and set the stage for her transformation into the iconic Virgin Queen. Alison Weir uses her deft talents as historian and novelist to exquisitely and suspensefully play out the conflicts between family, politics, religion, and conscience that came to define an age. Sweeping in scope, The Lady Elizabeth is a fascinating portrayal of a woman far ahead of her time--an orphaned girl haunted by the shadow of the axe, an independent spirit who must use her cunning and wits for her very survival, and a future queen whose dangerous and dramatic path to the throne shapes her future greatness"
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Weir, A., & Landor, R. (2008). The Lady Elizabeth (Library edition.). Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Weir, Alison and Rosalyn. Landor. 2008. The Lady Elizabeth. Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Weir, Alison and Rosalyn. Landor. The Lady Elizabeth Books on Tape, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Weir, Alison., and Rosalyn Landor. The Lady Elizabeth Library edition., Books on Tape, 2008.

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