Queen Elizabeth I, 1533-1603

Queen Elizabeth I was the only queen in English history to rule the country with absolute power.

This book tells Elizabeth's story, from when she was two years old and her father had her mother beheaded, through being imprisoned in the Tower of London by her sister, 'Bloody Mary', her accession to the throne, her beheading of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, to Elizabeth's death at the ripe old age of seventy.

This storybook explains the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Elizabeth's time in a straightforward narrative style that 7 - 11 year olds will find easy to follow.