I, Elizabeth : A Novel (Paperback)

from alaskabookworm

Though it took me a long 12 days to read, and at times I pined to be done, this really was an amazing book. A thorough account of the life of Elizabeth I. I feel as though I walked beside her; through her loves and trials. Her humanity shines through. Miles masterfully balances the woman and the ...

from emmakendon

Great fun - some fabulous descriptions in here: p.75 on Henry VIII: "On his hands, which could no longer meet across his bloated belly, his rings were lost, embedded in wreaths of fat as white and waxen as a stillborn child. From his protruding leg, padded like his chair, swathed and bound in dam...

from RavinElise

At first I was worried when I picked up this book, I didn't know what to expect from it. I thought that in a first person narrative this could be screwed up so easily, but from the first page I realized that Rosalind Miles is not only a brilliant writer but a force to be reckoned with in the lite...

from RavinElise

At first I was worried when I picked up this book, I didn't know what to expect from it. I thought that in a first person narrative this could be screwed up so easily, but from the first page I realized that Rosalind Miles is not only a brilliant writer but a force to be reckoned with in the lite...

from Angelic55blonde

Elizabeth I is an amazing Queen who is still shrouded in some mystery. There is a quest amongst historians to get at the "real" Queen Elizabeth and Roslind Miles does a great job of doing this. This is an intriguing "historical fiction" read about Elizabeth from her young days of being the discar...