About the Author:
Leanda de Lisle was educated at Somerville College Oxford, where she took an honours degree in Modern History. A successful journalist and writer she has been a columnist for the Spectator, the Guardian, Country Life and the Daily Express as well as writing for Daily Mail and Sunday Telegraph. She lives in Leicestershire with her husband and three children. This is her first book.
Review:
'This masterly account recaptures superbly the edgy, wary feel of court and country at the key moment when Tudor England was transformed into Stuart Britain. In emphasising the faults of Queen Elizabeth I and the acuity of her successor King James I, Leanda de Lisle has brilliantly subverted the traditional story' Andrew Roberts "A deep and fascinating account. Leanda de Lisle's close focus draws us into palace corridors, country houses and city streets where the excitement, intrigue and danger of the times are palpable." Jane Dunn 'Leanda de Lisle has done what historians, to date, have overlooked. She spots the story in the seemingly uneventful handover of power to James I after Elizabeth's death, and rediscovers its thrilling drama. James's accession was far from inevitable -- de Lisle vividly recounts the uncertainty, greed, intrigue and hypocrisy that defined the new age. We enter a slippery, twilight world where legitimacy is debased and conspiracy and corruption thrive. This is an original, informative, absorbing account, written with verve and style.' John Guy 'In After Elizabeth, Leanda de Lisle has brought Elizabeth I's court to life and asks questions about the history of the time. Elizabeth emerges from the book as fearful and isolated, not the confident queen we all learnt about at school. James I is a young, intelligent and astute man, not a fool as we all believed. Raleigh, a hero for schoolboys, was in fact a gross, ill-mannered man, who even plotted with Spain to overthrow James. A fascinating tale of intrigue and power struggles.' Jonathan Spencer-Payne, The Bookseller
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