Read about the true story of Elizabeth's troubled childhood and her remarkable adult life as England's all-powerful queen.

"A Marshall edition"--T.p. verso.

A royal birth -- The Tudors -- The Tudor kingdom -- Elizabeth's early life -- Daily life in Tudor times -- Catholics and Protestants -- Sent to the Tower -- Becoming queen -- The young ruler -- Elizabeth's suitors -- Governing the country -- Life at court -- European rivals -- Mary Queen of Scots -- Explorers and seafarers -- The Spanish Armada -- Elizabethan England -- Elizabethan London -- Her final years -- Elizabeth's legacy.