A stunning account of Elizabeth I that focuses on her role in the Wars of Religion--the battle between Protestantism and Catholicism that tore sixteenth-century Europe apart. Elizabeth's 1558 coronation procession was met with an extravagant outpouring of love. Only twenty-five years old, the young queen saw herself as the nation's Protestant savior, aiming to provide new hope, prosperity, and independence from the foreign influence that had plagued her sister Mary's reign. Given the scars of the Reformation, Elizabeth would need all of the powers of diplomacy and tact she could summon. Extravagant, witty, and hot tempered, Elizabeth was the ultimate tyrant. Yet at the outset, in religious matters, she was unfathomably tolerant for her day. Heretic Queen is the highly personal, untold story of how Queen Elizabeth I secured the future of England as a world power.
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Praise for HERETIC QUEEN
“An illuminating portrait of the 25-year-old woman who led England through religious and political crises with diplomacy, vision and pure force of will.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A searing account of the dark underside of the Elizabethan golden age. Susan Ronald has written a devastating and important reminder of the long, hard road from religious strife to accommodation.” —Amanda Foreman, New York Times bestselling author of The World on Fire and The Duchess
“A triumph in an age when religion continues to be a matter of conflict” —Antonia Fraser, international bestselling author of Marie Antoinette: The Journey
“This is compulsive, engaging and vivid history, and a long-overdue study of the religious settlement of Elizabeth I's reign, packed with eyewitness detail. Susan Ronald has the gift of making us feel we are there, caught up in the crises of faith that affected Elizabeth's subjects. In her capable hands, the drama of the English Reformation comes alive.” —Alison Weir, bestselling author of Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley and Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings
About the Author
Born and raised in the United States, SUSAN RONALD has lived in England for more than twenty-five years. She is the author of The Pirate Queen, The Sancy Blood Diamond, and France: Crossroads Of Europe. Ronald owns a film production company and is a screenwriter and film producer. Visit her online at www.susanronald.com.
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Interesting and Informative
Aug 27 2012
By Karen
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Susan Ronald's Heretic Queen often reads more like historical fiction than historical biography (this is meant as a compliment). She can be descriptive and gossipy, as well as scholarly. Heretic Queen tells of Elizabeth's efforts to form a balanced kingdom, politically and religiously (the two being related). The author writes in short, pacy chapters and sub-chapters which means the book is a page turner (but can also be dipped in and out of). At times, these chapters have somewhat fantastical titles; `The Puritan Underworld of London' as an example, yet Ronald seldom fails to deliver on the content. Elizabeth naturally dominates the narrative but Heretic Queen also encompasses other influential figures from the period, both foreign and domestic, to create interesting and informative read.
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Oct 6 2012
By S. S. Felzenberg
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The author has crafted a detailed and engrossing perspective of the forces that shaped the Western world during the reign of the Tudors. Interesting perspectives presenting in exciting tales. Learned a lot. Thoroughly educational and enjoyable. Very well-written.
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By Marjorie Bliss
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I love history, but have always been reluctant to buy books on the Tudor era. So much has been on TV and so much has been written that I thought -- wrongly -- that there was nothing more to learn. This book is insightful in a way that brings alive the problems Queen Elizabeth faced in maintaining an independent England. Set against the backdrop of the English Reformation and the European civil wars that raged during her reign, I understand for the first time just how challenging was back then. Ronald has written a masterpiece that will not age.
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