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# Elizabeth I

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## Customer Reviews

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    A fine history, but maddening in one respect.  She tells you month and day, but not year.
  

*by D***. on Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2022*

This is a very well written and apparently well researched book, giving excellent information and analysis about Elizabeth I and her world.  But it is maddening in one respect.  Somerset very often gives only the month and day, but not the year of the event she is talking about.  Apparently, she assumes if she's told you the year 5 pages ago, you remember it.  But that is not so, at least for me, especially as I may set down the book for a day or half day, and then resume reading without going back to find her last year.  For me, it would be far more useful to tell me the year, and skip the month and day.  The full exact date may be useful and important for scholars, but at least for reasonably well informed readers it is not necessary to know.

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    Quiet Achievements
  

*by T***Y on Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2014*

For most of this book, I was wondering what it was about Elizabeth I that made her so famous through the centuries.  The legend of Gloriana and her Golden Age were nowhere to be seen in the detailed descriptions of marriage negotiations, her hesitant and lukewarm foreign assistance, or her being duped by the French king. Where were the sweeping reforms and brilliant handling of foreign and domestic affairs that would surely characterize the reign of such a remarkable woman?It wasn’t until the last six pages of the book, when Somerset assesses Elizabeth’s reign, that her true achievements finally emerge.  Her success was not in grand events, but in the stability and prosperity she brought to her kingdom.  Elizabeth kept England out of costly foreign entanglements.  She maintained the overall peace at a time when other monarchs faced rebellion and civil war.  She restored national confidence and international prestige. She established a national church that would have broad appeal.  She upheld the interests of the crown without encroaching on the interests of her subjects.Somerset offers a detailed and informative portrait of Elizabeth that at times defends decisions and rationales while at others describes her in unflattering terms.  When Elizabeth expressed anger, she “shrieked” and “screamed,” words which undermine any reasonable basis for her opinion.  Fortunately, these instances are rare and readers are more often treated to descriptions of the various conundrums Elizabeth faced:  her personal feelings toward marriage and the pressure to marry; the problems arising no matter who the lucky man was, English or foreign; the pressure to name a successor; how to deal with Mary Stuart; powerful continental enemies who could overwhelm England if provoked, the rise of Puritanism.  And these were after her accession.  Prior to that, Elizabeth walked a tightrope for survival under both her siblings, her wits and courage all that kept her alive.Elizabeth was blessed with extraordinary luck throughout her reign, but Somerset points out that she took advantage of that luck.  Her councilors were instrumental to the running of the kingdom, but she was the one who appointed them.  Elizabeth’s military strategies were often sound; the problem was that her generals failed to follow them.Elizabeth I comes across as a woman who ruled on her own terms, and quite competently, at a time when women were not seen as capable of effective leadership. If the achievements of her reign were more quiet than dramatic, they are no less remarkable.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great information on the life of Elizabeth I with many references.
  

*by P***D on Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2022*

This book came used in excellent condition condition complete the dust cover.  Seller was very prompt on delivery and providing a quality product.

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