Lady Elizabeth, Alison Weir

Overview:

Even at age two, Elizabeth is keenly aware that people in the court of her father, King Henry VIII, have stopped referring to her as “Lady Princess” and now call her “the Lady Elizabeth.” Before she is three, she learns of the tragic fate that has befallen her mother, the enigmatic and seductive Anne Boleyn, and that she herself has been declared illegitimate, an injustice that will haunt her. What comes next is a succession of stepmothers, bringing with them glimpses of love, fleeting security, tempestuous conflict, and tragedy. The death of her father puts the teenage Elizabeth in greater peril, leaving her at the mercy of ambitious and unscrupulous men. Like her mother two decades earlier she is imprisoned in the Tower of London–and fears she will also meet her mother’s grisly end. Power-driven politics, private scandal and public gossip, a disputed succession, and the grievous example of her sister, “Bloody” Queen Mary, all cement Elizabeth’s resolve in matters of statecraft and love, and set the stage for her transformation into the iconic Virgin Queen.

BBREVIEWS:

Many of use know the story of Elizabeth I the virgin Queen who ruled her country without a man by her side. We have all once in our life read different fictional tales of her life, some saying she was Robert Dudley's mistress and pregnant with his child, to others saying she was scared all the time and always second guessing herself after giving a command.

Alison Weir adds a new side to Elizabeth that really shocked me into going back on my research of her to find out if this was all made up fictional or in fact real.....

For beginngers, many believed that after the death of her mother, King Henry was cruel and heartless towards his younger daughter, never giving her enough for food and clothes to wear. But In The Lady Elizabeth, King Henry comes to love his daughter and to even call her his little bessy.

We then see how she was treated by her step mother and new step father after the death of her father. She was molested, rumor points to rape. and the last 6th queen did nothing much to help her which I found seriously shocking since it was about her husband Thomas Seymour.

Then we see how badly she was treated during Queen Mary's rain. We also get a little insight as to why Mary became the person she was. I did not like her part of the story much.

Through it all this was a book based on facts and a little fiction. I loved the way it was written, however I did have an issue with the way Elizabeth was portrayed when she was a little older. She was always either sick (like history says she was to keep out of danger) or she was always crying when something happened and she didnt get her way.

I do recommend this books and to let all my follower know we will be reading the Innocent Traitor next before moving on