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DOHERTY**, PAUL: : THE SECRET LIFE OF ELIZABETH I. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.GREENWICH EXCHANGE,2006.

ISBN 1871551854.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Author, educator,lecturer and historian.He is also the Headmaster of Trinity Catholic High School in London.As well as writing under his own name,both as P.C. Doherty and Paul C. Doherty,he also writes under the pseuds: Anna Apostolou,Michael Clynes,Ann Dukthas,C.L. Grace,Paul Harding and Vanessa Alexander.]FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with yellow and white letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.The majority of any edge-creasing is to the top edges of dw/dj.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xviiipp+1-196pp [paginated] includes introduction,list of principal historical characters in text, chronology of Elizabeth I,Pts I-V (each with a commentary),8pp publisher's adverts for author's forthcoming new title,plus other titles by other authors,to rear. Plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED title page,a dedication,contents list/table,and 2pp blanks at rear. A stand alone title written as 'faction'. A detective story with a difference - tracking down the real Elizabeth I - capturing the atmosphere of Elizabethan and Jacobean England,with stunning results. Paul Doherty's original research shows Elizabeth I of England to be a strong-willed,brilliant ruler but also a woman with deep passions and fervent attachments.Written as a 'faction' it interprets original sources through one of Elizabeth's ladies-in-waiting whose 'recollections' form this book. The complex relationships that were the essence of the courts of Henry VIII, Mary and then Elizabeth,are described in this web of intrigue. The lady-in-waiting describes the passionate relationship between Elizabeth and Robert Dudley,later Earl of Leicester. She reveals evidence about the strange death of Dudley's wife,the very physical relationship between Elizabeth and Dudley, and the stunning revelation that they had a son,Arthur Dudley,seized by the Spanish in 1587. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author's signature - without dedication.

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