Lord Burghley and Queen Elizabeth
1960, First Edition. London : Cape. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #391083
Physical description: 603 pages portraits, facsimile 26 cm. Notes: Sequel to Mr. Secretary Cecil and Queen Elizabeth. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 549-590). Contents: The captive queen of Scots, 1570 -- Cecil becomes Lord Burghley, 1571 -- The Ridolfi plot, 1571-72 -- French marriage projects, 1571-72 -- French alliance and Dutch revolt, 1572 -- St. Bartholomew's and its consequences, 1572 -- Scotland, 1572-73 -- Anglican and Puritan, 1572-75 -- Theobalds and the Oxford marriage -- Huguenots and sea beggars, 1573-76 -- The low countries, 1576-78 -- The Alencon courtship, 1579-81 -- The Jesuit menace, 1570-83 -- Alencon and the low countries, 1581-84 -- Scotland, 1581-85 -- Puritans in parliament, 1584 -- Leicester in the low countries, 1581-87 -- The end of Mary Stuard, 1586-87 -- Henry of Navarre and the Frence succession -- Peace overtures, 1587-88 -- The coming of the armada, 1588 -- The year after the armada, 1589 -- The rise of Essex, 1590-93 -- The attack on Puritanism, Burghley's swan song, 1593-95 -- 1596 -- Last days, 1597-98. Subjects: Burghley, William Cecil Baron 1520-1598.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1533-1603.
Burghley, William Cecil Baron 1520-1598. Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Wales 1533-1603. Politicians England Biography. Statesmen England Biography.
Elizabethan Period.
Church History. 16th Century. Protestantism.
Politics. Diplomacy. Courtiers. History. Cabinet officers Great Britain ; Biography. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603. Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603. Great Britain Politics and government 1485-1603. Great Britain History Elizabeth I, 1558-1603
Great Britain. Great Britain Politics and government 1558-1603. Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603.
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