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Queen's Frog Prince: The Courtship of Elizabeth I and the Duke of Anjou

Queen's Frog Prince: The Courtship of Elizabeth I and the Duke of Anjou

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General European HistoryGeneral World HistoryBritish History

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ISBN10: 1803411643
ISBN13: 9781803411644
Publisher: Chronos Books
Published: Jul 1 2023
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Between the years 1579 and 1581, a courtship between Elizabeth I of England and François, Duke of Anjou took place. Though this courtship is often dismissed as a political tactic on Elizabeth's part to create an Anglo-French alliance during the Wars of Religion, The Queen's Frog Prince presents an alternative interpretation. In this book, David Lee pores over some of the surviving love letters exchanged between Elizabeth and Anjou, whom Elizabeth affectionately nicknamed my frog. Lee suggests that although the courtship suited Elizabeth I politically, it also blossomed into something much more complex, an affectionate bond, and that to understand Elizabeth I as a woman, she must first be seen for who she was beneath all the vainglory and iconography.

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