Lytton Strachey
Author
Language
English
Description
The romance of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux captures "the real drama of ambition, passion, and personality in the pageant of veracious history" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
The author who helped to shape the modern biography turned his glorious prose and searing wit to one of the most famous romances in British history, that of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. As the San Francisco Chronicle raved, "Elizabeth is...