Elizabeth I: Apprenticeship
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340pp. Indexed. 29 colour and 4 b/w illustrations on plates. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Deep red endpapers. In laminated (glossy) pictorial dust jacket. Small mark on leading text block edge. DJ a little shelf worn and small ter at bottom on rear fold. In a vibrant and innovatory exploration of Elizabeth I's childhood and young adult life, Starkey contrasts her with her pious, Catholic sister, Mary I and argues that her primary motivation as a Queen was to avoid the mistakes that Mary made.