In the summer of 1533, an answer to the most important political question of the day was eagerly awaited all over England and Western Europe.. Would the expected baby of King Henry VIII of England and his new Queen, Anne Boleyn, be a boy or a girl?
The child was born at Greenwich Palace between three and four o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday 7 September. It was a girl, to the dismay of its parents, of King Henry's loyal courtiers and officials, and of the Protestants throughout Europe, and to the delight of the Pope, the Holy Roman Emperor and their supporters everywhere. Twenty-five years later, the baby became Queen Elizabeth I, and ruled for over forty years in what is generally regarded as a Golden Age for the English people.
Was Elizabeth herself a great Queen, or is it nearer the truth to say that she presided over a great era in English history? The reader will come to his own conclusions as he follows this account of the triumphs and disasters of her reign.
Contains 17 pages of colour & b/w illustrations.
