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Victorian Ambivalence About Queen Elizabeth I: The Political History of a Royal Reputation

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Pages:380
ISBN:0-7734-3722-3
978-0-7734-3722-7
Price:$239.95

Awarded the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship
This work examines the gender politics of Victorian Britain through an analysis of nineteenth-century representations of Queen Elizabeth I. The book includes a study of how women regarded powerful females.

Reviews

“. . . a fascinating historiographical work that not only thoroughly discusses nineteenth-century authors but also contemporary reviews of their work.” – Prof. Carole Levin, University of Nebraska at Lincoln