Queen Elizabeth

About this film

LibriVox recording of Queen Elizabeth by Mandell Creighton; Isaac Woodbridge Riley. Read in English by Pamela Nagami "The Princess Elizabeth of England was born at Greenwich, between three and four of the afternoon of September 7, 1533. Her birth was a matter of small rejoicing to her parents, who were sorely disappointed that their first-born was not a boy." So begins this short, but stirring biography by the British historian, Mandell Creighton, of the magnificent last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. We see Elizabeth in constant peril during the turbulent and ineffectual reigns of Edward VI and Mary. At her accession, her country is little better than an appendage of the Spanish state. By the end of her reign, England has become a major power. Creighton writes that, "Elizabeth's imperishable claim to greatness lies in her instinctive sympathy with her people. She felt, rather than understood, the possibilities which lay before England, and she set herself to the task of slowly exhibiting, and impressing them on the national mind." (Pamela Nagami) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please…

Directors & creators

Mandell Creighton

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;politics; history; religion; Queen Elizabeth; Sir Walter Raleigh; war; Mary Queen of Scots; William Shakespeare; anne boleyn; the spanish armada; sir francis drake; elizabethan era

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