In this major biography of the queen, Wallace MacCaffrey focuses on Elizabeth's career as a practicing politician, taking into account her testing personal experience, her temperament, her own view of her role and the constraints she frequently faced whether imposed by the inheritance from her predecessors or by contemporary events. The Elizabeth who emerges from these pages has a more human appearance than the stiff, richly garbed, bejeweled Elizabeth of the royal portraits. She is more fallible. And more interesting.
In this major biography of the queen, Wallace MacCaffrey focuses on Elizabeth's career as a practicing politician, taking into account her testing personal experience, her temperament, her own view of her role and the constraints she frequently faced whether imposed by the inheritance from her predecessors or by contemporary events. The Elizabeth who emerges from these pages has a more human appearance than the stiff, richly garbed, bejeweled Elizabeth of the royal portraits. She is more fallible. And more interesting.
List of Figures and Maps Preface Abbreviations Introduction 3 Pt. I The English Monarchy at War 1 Machinery of War: The Council 17 2 The Machinery at Work: At Home and Abroad 45 3 Paying for the War 59 Pt. II Waging the War I: The Enemy - Spain 4 The Portuguese Voyage, 1588-1589 73 5 War on the High Seas and in the Indies, 1589-1595 97 6 War on the Spanish Coasts, 1596-1597 107 Pt. III Waging the War II: The Allies - France 7 The Willoughby Expedition, 1589 137 8 Brittany and Rouen 152 9 Brittany and Rouen: The Second Round 163 10 Brittany and Picardy 184 11 The Cecil Mission and Vervins 196 12 Shuffling Towards Peace, 1598-1603 220 Pt. IV Waging the War III: The Allies - The States General 13 From Dependency to Alliance, 1588-1594 249 14 From Alliance to Collaboration, 1595-1603 270 Pt. V The Three Kingdoms 15 The Northern Neighbor, 1581-1603 303 16 Ireland: The Building of a New Order, 1530-1593 329 17 Deputy Fitzwilliam and the Macmahon Affair 349 18 Fitzwilliam and the First Rupture With Tyrone 372 19 Russell and the Coming of War 385 20 The Yellow Ford 404 21 The Failure of Essex 418 22 The Triumph of Mountjoy 431 Pt. VI The Court: The Revival of Faction 23 The Rise of Essex, 1584-1591 453 24 Essex the Councillor 472 25 England's Glory and the Wide World's Wonder 495 26 The Fall from Grace 514 Retrospective 537 Bibliography 575 Index 585
List of Figures and Maps Preface Abbreviations Introduction 3 Pt. I The English Monarchy at War 1 Machinery of War: The Council 17 2 The Machinery at Work: At Home and Abroad 45 3 Paying for the War 59 Pt. II Waging the War I: The Enemy - Spain 4 The Portuguese Voyage, 1588-1589 73 5 War on the High Seas and in the Indies, 1589-1595 97 6 War on the Spanish Coasts, 1596-1597 107 Pt. III Waging the War II: The Allies - France 7 The Willoughby Expedition, 1589 137 8 Brittany and Rouen 152 9 Brittany and Rouen: The Second Round 163 10 Brittany and Picardy 184 11 The Cecil Mission and Vervins 196 12 Shuffling Towards Peace, 1598-1603 220 Pt. IV Waging the War III: The Allies - The States General 13 From Dependency to Alliance, 1588-1594 249 14 From Alliance to Collaboration, 1595-1603 270 Pt. V The Three Kingdoms 15 The Northern Neighbor, 1581-1603 303 16 Ireland: The Building of a New Order, 1530-1593 329 17 Deputy Fitzwilliam and the Macmahon Affair 349 18 Fitzwilliam and the First Rupture With Tyrone 372 19 Russell and the Coming of War 385 20 The Yellow Ford 404 21 The Failure of Essex 418 22 The Triumph of Mountjoy 431 Pt. VI The Court: The Revival of Faction 23 The Rise of Essex, 1584-1591 453 24 Essex the Councillor 472 25 England's Glory and the Wide World's Wonder 495 26 The Fall from Grace 514 Retrospective 537 Bibliography 575 Index 585
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MacCaffrey is a consummate writer-he possesses a fluid style, with smooth transitions, that holds the reader's attention to the subject amidst highly detailed descriptions.
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