{"product_id":"elizabeth-renaissance-prince-paperback","title":"Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Hilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Game-changing . . . How history should be written.\" -- Andrew Roberts, author of \u003ci\u003eNapoleon: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e [An] ambitious re-examination of the intersection of gender and monarchy.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it suited her \"weak and feeble woman's body\" to do so for political gain. But in \u003ci\u003eElizabeth, \u003c\/i\u003e historian Lisa Hilton offers ample evidence why those famous words should not be taken at face value. With new research out of France, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, Hilton's fresh interpretation is of a queen who saw herself primarily as a Renaissance prince--an expert in Machiavellian statecraft. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth \u003c\/i\u003edepicts a queen who was much less constrained by her femininity than most accounts claim, challenging readers to reassess Elizabeth's reign and the colorful drama and intrigue to which it is always linked. It's a fascinating journey that shows how a marginalized newly crowned queen, whose European contemporaries considered her to be the illegitimate ruler of a pariah nation, ultimately adapted to become England's first recognizably modern head of state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Hilton transforms an irreverent, centuries-old vision of a 'bewigged farthingale with a mysterious sex life' into a resolute, steel-spined survivor who far surpassed Henry VII's wildest hopes for his new dynasty.\" -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e[An] ambitious re-examination of the intersection of gender and monarchy. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it suited her weak and feeble woman s body to do so for political gain. But in\u003ci\u003eElizabeth, \u003c\/i\u003e historian Lisa Hilton offers ample evidence why those famous words should not be taken at face value. With new research out of France, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, Hilton s fresh interpretation is of a queen who saw herself primarily as a Renaissance prince an expert in Machiavellian statecraft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth \u003c\/i\u003edepicts a queen who was much less constrained by her femininity than most accounts claim, challenging readers to reassess Elizabeth s reign and the colorful drama and intrigue to which it is always linked. It s a fascinating journey that shows how a marginalized newly crowned queen, whose European contemporaries considered her to be the illegitimate ruler of a pariah nation, ultimately adapted to become England s first recognizably modern head of state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hilton transforms an irreverent, centuries-old vision of a bewigged farthingale with a mysterious sex life into a resolute, steel-spined survivor who far surpassed Henry VII s wildest hopes for his new dynasty. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lisa Hilton is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAthenais, Mistress Peachum s Pleasure, Queens Consort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Horror of Love. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is also the author of three novels, the best-selling \u003ci\u003eWolves in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House with Blue Shutters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e which was short-listed in the UK for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and\u003ci\u003e The Stolen Queen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLISA HILTON is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAthénaïs, Mistress Peachum's Pleasure, Queens Consort\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Horror of Love. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is also the author of three novels, the best-selling \u003ci\u003eWolves in Winter, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House with Blue Shutters, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Stolen Queen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761831182624,"sku":"9780544811911","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2fd8bd113f6532a8b65d401b54b6b283.webp?v=1780213865","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/elizabeth-renaissance-prince-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}