Elizabeth

Examines why the reign of Elizabeth I was one of the most important periods of expansion and growth in British history.

Elizabeth I second edition, looks at her role in government and the nation and examines Elizabeth in terms of her power rather than her policies, explores her relations with the statesmen of her time and shows how she interacted with the key institutions of sixteenth-century political life.

Published in the very popular Profiles in Power Series, this is not a biography, though inevitably it contains much biographical material, it instead analyzes the major features, achievements and failures of Elizabeth's career.