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A review by swifteagle
Elizabeth I and Her Circle by Susan Doran
4.0
I received a free copy in a Goodreads 'First Reads' giveaway.
I'm fascinated by Tudor history and have read plenty of books about Elizabeth, but I think that using a thematic rather than a chronological approach worked really well to mark this out as different. It does make it slightly more difficult in places to keep track of relationships between the courtiers themselves but Doran has tried to cross-reference in most cases to keep these in context.
A very well written and researched book, I would definitely recommend it for anyone wanting to look at Elizabeth's rule in a slightly different way.
I'm fascinated by Tudor history and have read plenty of books about Elizabeth, but I think that using a thematic rather than a chronological approach worked really well to mark this out as different. It does make it slightly more difficult in places to keep track of relationships between the courtiers themselves but Doran has tried to cross-reference in most cases to keep these in context.
A very well written and researched book, I would definitely recommend it for anyone wanting to look at Elizabeth's rule in a slightly different way.