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Elizabeth's Women

Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen
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Dec 28, 2019EvanSchoenfeld rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This companion piece to ‘Henry VIII’s Men’ starts off well enough with background info about her maternal forebears the Boleyns and remains engaging through the, for Elizabeth, uncomfortable reign of Mary Tudor. I found the quality…
Nov 16, 2016DorisWaggoner rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Borman adds a new dimension to bios of Elizabeth by focusing on her relationships with women, though she doesn't leave out the men altogether. Elizabeth was taken away from her loving mother, and set up with her own household of, mostly,…