{"product_id":"9780156027618","title":"Elizabeth And Essex : A Tragic History","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth And Essex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lytton Strachey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most famous and baffling romances in history-between Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex-began in May of 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was just shy of twenty.  Their relationship continued until 1601, when the Earl of Essex was beheaded for treason.  And, in a succession of brilliant scenes, Strachey portrays the Queen's and the Earl's compelling attraction for on another, their impassioned disagreements, and their mutual contest for power, which led to a final, tragic confrontation.  Here we also have superb portraits of influential people of the time: Francis Bacon, Robert Cecil, Walter Raleigh, and other figures of the court who struggled to assert themselves in a kingdom that was primarily defined by her sovereign, and so now seen through history's lens as Elizabethan England. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780156027618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41148487139534,"sku":"9780156027618","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780156027618","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}