The Young Elizabeth
by Alison Plowden
The first volume of Alison Plowden's “Elizabethan Quartet” focuses
on the first 25 years of Elizabeth's life and successfully brings to life the
young Elizabeth Tudor during the years when her life held no promises, when
death seemed almost inevitable, up through her coronation. This is a non-fiction work and one I found
both comprehensive and engaging. Alison
Plowden has a wonderfully engaging style which in turn offers her readers a
peppy read.
Plowden is careful to label any conjecture and possibilities
as such and before long this reader felt comfortable trusting Plowden to
uncover and reveal information without distortion, which is not an unremarkable
accomplishment in itself. Plowden offers her reader a very straightforward
interpretation of the historical record and successfully presents many counter
arguments of long held historical assumptions convincingly.
In The Young Elizabeth,
Plowden examines the forces which shaped Elizabeth’s personality during this
formative period in her life. During
these important years Elizabeth knew very little security and her life was marked
by loss, fear and suspicion. The reader
is able to see, however; how these years gave Elizabeth a more rounded world
view and were the foundation of Elizabeth’s personality and a huge contributor
to her success as a Monarch of moderation.
Tudor Book Blog Reading Challenge #25
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