The Queen's Frog Prince: The Courtship of Elizabeth I and the Duke of Anjou
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Between the years 1579 and 1581, a courtship between Elizabeth I of England and Fran?ois, 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1803411643
ISBN13:9781803411644
Release Date:June 2023
Publisher:Chronos Books
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.3" x 8.5"
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