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RECOMMENDED READING:
I have used the books listed below in researching
and preparing this web site; all are worth reading, but those I found
particularly illuminating are noted with a small graphic. For the
convenience of the reader, those shown in links are available through
Amazon.com. All quotations on this site refer to the editions below.
John Aubrey, Brief
Lives, The Folio Society, Ltd. 1975.
Susan Brigden, New
Worlds, Lost Worlds: The Rule of the Tudors, 1485-1603 (from
The Penguin History of Britain), The Penguin Group, 2000.
Peter Brimacombe, All
the Queen's Men: The World of Elizabeth I, St. Martin's Press,
2000.
Christopher Hibbert, The
Virgin Queen, Perseus Books, 1991.
Elizabeth I, Collected
Works, ed. Leah S. Marcus, Janel Mueller, Mary Beth Rose,
University of Chicago Press, 2000.
An irreplaceable resource for enthusiasts.
Antonia Fraser, Mary
Queen of Scots, 1969, Bantom Dell, 2001.
Carolyn Levin, The
Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex
and Power, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994.
Maria Perry, Elizabeth
I: The Word of a Prince, The Folio Society, 1990.
Alison Plowden, Danger
to Elizabeth, 1973; Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1999.
Highly recommended, as are those following.
Alison Plowden, Elizabeth
Regina, 1980, Sutton Publishing Ltd., 2000.
Alison Plowden, Marriage
with My Kingdom, 1977, Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1999
Alison Plowden, The
Young Elizabeth, 1971, Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1999.
.S. Schoenbaum, William
Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life, Oxford University
Press, 1977.
S. Schoenbaum, Shakespeare:
The Globe and the World, Folger Shakespeare Library/Oxford
University Press, 1979. 
Lacey Baldwin Smith, A
Tudor Tragedy: The Life and Times of Catherine Howard, The
Reprint Society, 1961.
Time-Life Books (Denise Dersin, Ed.), What
Life Was Like in the Realm of Elizabeth, Time-Life Books,
1998.
Edith Sitwell, The
Queens and the Hive, The Reprint Society, Ltd., 1962.
Julia M. Walker, ed., Dissing
Elizabeth: Negative Representations of Gloriana, Duke University
Press, 1998.
Alison Weir, The Children
of Henry VIII (formerly entitled Children of England), Ballantine
Books, 1996.
Alison Weir, The Six
Wives of Henry VIII, Ballantine Books, 1991.
Alison Weir, The Life
of Elizabeth I, Ballantine Books, 1998.
RECOMMENDED LINKS:
The Tudors are astonishingly well represented on the Internet and
there are excellent resources particularly for Elizabeth I and her
world. A few of the many which assisted my own work are gratefully
noted below.
ELIZABETH I:
The Life and Times of Queen
Elizabeth I
TudorHistory.org, a marvelous
resource for all Tudor monarchs including Elizabeth. 
Tudor England,
1485 to 1603: similarly comprehensive and readable. 
Selected
Writings and Speeches of Elizabeth I, from the Modern History
Sourcebook.
Elizabeth
I (1533-1603), from the wonderful Luminarium,
covering Tudor and Elizabethan literature.
The Works
of Elizabeth I: The Queen in her own words (from Luminarium).
Elizabethan
Images (with links to Tudor portraits).
Elizabeth
I: Queen of England.
Tudor
Monarchs: Queen Elizabeth I.
IIn
Her Own Words: Queen Elizabeth I Onstage and Online.
On a lighter note, the amusing Myths
About Queen Elizabeth and The
Tudor Times.
From the BBC, Elizabeth
I: An Overview. See also Elizabeth's
Spy Network.
New Year's
Gifts for Queen Elizabeth.
GENERAL TUDOR AND ELIZABETHAN SITES
William Camden's remarkable contemporary work,
Annales Rerum Gestarum Angliae et Hiberniae Regnante Elizabetha,
containing the best 17th century history of her reign.
Tudor and Elizabethan
Portraits, which provided many of the images used on this site.
Life
in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge. Fascinating
details ranging from fashions to household management.
Shakespeare's
Life and Times
Tudor History Links.
Official Site
of the Mary Stuart of Scotland Society. Adulatory but full of
information.
The
Henry VIII Page.
Katherine
Parr.
Lady Jane Grey:
Jane, the Queen
Mary Tudor
The Tudors.
Tudor Web
Site.
Renaissance Sites:
The Elizabethan World. Comprehensive links to almost every subject
of related lore.
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