A uniquely absorbing tale of one young woman's turbulent, courageous, and seemingly impossible journey toward the throne, Elizabeth is the exhilarating story of the making of a queen.

From princess and heir-apparent to bastardized and disinherited royal, accused traitor to head of the princely household, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and extreme of condition - and rose above it all to reign during a watershed moment in history. Elizabeth I c. Hosted by the world-renowned historian David Starkey (author of Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne) ELIZABETH explores the life and rule of the woman who gave her name to an era.

David Starkey's brilliant new biography concentrates on Elizabeth's formative years - from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558 - and shows how the experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs. When she died after a reign of 45 years, she left behind a nation protected by the greatest navy on earth and in the midst of a cultural explosion she made possible. In 1464, he secretly married Elizabeth Woodville, a young widow. Her father had managed to capture and imprison Henry VI in 1461, dethroning him and taking the crown for himself, starting the royal House of York. An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual - though, as she maintained, a virgin - Elizabeth I is famed as England's most successful ruler. Elizabeth of York was born on the 11th February 1466 and was the daughter, and eldest child, of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. The first episode focuses on Elizabeths relationship with The Earl of Leicester, her lover and trusted advisor, and explores the execution of Mary Queen of. Here's a review from our archives from book reviewer Lil: You can find a list of. Elizabeth's pre-accession years are being brought to life in the Starz series 'Becoming Elizabeth' at the moment and an excellent book on this period of Elizabeth I's life is David Starkey's 'Elizabeth: Apprenticeship'. In this spirited United Kingdom bestseller, Starkey presents a brilliant examination of the formative years of the 'Virgin Queen, ' recreating a host of extravagant characters, mad-cap schemes, and tragic plots, while using original documents to depict the princess's tumultuous life before her accession to the throne in 1588. Elizabeth: Apprenticeship by David Starkey.

Elizabeth by David Starkey