A good, readable account.
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I'd heartily recommend this to anyone interested in Elizabeth 1 or her immediate forebears. It's an excellent synthesis of (mostly) first-hand sources and gives an unusually full picture of Elizabeth's early life, up until her coronation. It also gives an excellent potted history of England from Henry V to Elizabeth's accession, including a rather neat summary of the Wars of the Roses. Very readable and highly enjoyable. It's the first of four volumes (originally published in the 1970s) and I'm looking forward to the next three.
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