The release date for the English version of 'I, Elizabeth' by
Rosalind Miles is Mar 2003. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Elizabeth I, the last in line of succession to the English throne, publicly branded a bastard at the age of three, the daughter of a discredited and executed mother, inherited a devastated England at war with France and Spain, heavily indebted, and riven by religious strife.
After a 45-year rule that ended in 1603, her dominion covered two continents, was unified under a single religion, triumphant in battle, and endowed with an abundant treasury. Furthermore, the Elizabethan age was a cultural Golden Age that is still recognized today because to the efforts of her favorites, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, and William Shakespeare.
But for Elizabeth the lady, victory was always accompanied by tragedy. The fervent queen was compelled by politics and scandal to turn down her real love, Robert Dudley, and to put her beloved stepson, Lord Essex, to death. Rosalind Miles now brings the lady behind the myth to life in this captivating book. This is the Elizabeth the world never knew, at turns haughty, clever, cunning, conceited, and humorous. Elizabeth narrates her life in her own words, spanning from the time of her violent father, Henry VIII, to her last moments of death.