Elizabeth I Queen Of England Costumes

In this "energetic" (Kirkus Reviews) re-creation of Anne Boleyn's tragic life -- and death -- Robin Maxwell offers a pitch-perfect version of a bawdy and exuberant time filled with lust, betrayal, love, and murder. When the young Queen Elizabeth I is entrusted with Anne Boleyn's secret diary, she discovers a great deal about the much-maligned mother she never knew. And on learning the truth about her lascivious and despotic father, Henry VIII, she vows never to relinquish control to any man. Bu... [Read More]

Superior Quality Includes: Dress Color: Turquoise & White With Gold filigree Blue (shown) Size/Bust: S (32-34), M (34-36), L (37-39)

Queen Elizabeth I Renaissance Medieval Elizabethan Gown Costume Stock #T7911 Superior Quality- Simply Stunning! Stunning gown features embroidery on sleeves & front skirt inset, bouffant skirt, standing collar & back zipper. Color: Burgundy (shown) Size/Bust: S (32-34), M (34-36), L (37-39)

The captivating story of Tudor dress, its construction and symbolism, and the people who made and wore it The Tudor monarchs and their courtiers are some of the best-known figures in history. They continue, even today, to spark our curiosity and imagination. Their enduring popularity is no doubt partly due to the iconic portraits in which they are depicted in magnificent style, in farthingales and ruffs, furs and jewels, codpieces and cloaks, and vast expanses of velvet and silk. Far from being ... [Read More]

This book provides photographs of portraits, miniatures, tomb sculptures, engravings, woven textiles and embroideries of clothes found in the wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth. It is an invaluable reference for students of the history of dress and embroidery, for social historians and art historians.

Riveting, adventurous. . .superb! --Historical Novel SocietyFollowing her perilous fall from a throne she'd scarcely owned to begin with, Mary, Queen of Scots, has fled to England, hoping her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, will grant her asylum. But now Mary has her sights on the English crown, and Elizabeth enlists her most trusted subjects to protect it. Justine Thornleigh is delighting in the thrill of Queen Elizabeth's visit to her family's estate when the festivities are cut short by Mary's arriv... [Read More]

The author of The September Queen explores Tudor England with the tale of Bess of Hardwick—the formidable four-time widowed Tudor dynast who became one of the most powerful women in the history of England.   On her twelfth birthday, Bess of Hardwick receives the news that she is to be a waiting gentlewoman in the household of Lady Zouche. Armed with nothing but her razor-sharp wit and fetching looks, Bess is terrified of leaving home. But as her family has neither the money nor the connection... [Read More]

Physical description; 159 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Subjects; Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1533-1603 - Clothing. Clothing and dress - Great Britain - History - 16th century. Costume - Great Britain - History - 16th century.

As cousins of history's most tempestuous queens, Ladies Jane, Katherine, and Mary Grey were born in an age when all of London lived beneath the Tower's menacing shadow. Tyrannized by Bloody Mary and the Virgin Queen, the sisters feared love was unthinkable--and the scaffold all but unavoidable. . . Raised to fear her royal blood and what it might lead men to do in her name, Mary Grey dreads what will become of herself and her elder sisters under the reigns of Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I. On their... [Read More]

The Virgin Queen is a refreshing and intimate account of the Elizabeth Is rule. The tale begins when Elizabeth is a teen-age princess imprisoned in the Tower of London by her half-sister Queen Mary, charged with conspiracy and treason. We follow the young princess as she fights to hang on to her head and at the same time consolidate her power.