Edward Spencer Beesly: 3 books

I HAVE to deal, under strict limitations of space, with a long life, almost the whole of its adult period passed in the exercise of sovereignty—a life which is in effect the history of England during forty-five years, abounding at the same time in personal interest, and the subject, both in its...

This 1892 contribution to the Twelve English Statesmen series—and the only volume to feature a female subject—is a detailed biography that takes a chronological approach in charting Elizabeth's life against the political events that influenced it.