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The Virgin Queen

Christopher Hibbert

An intimate portrait of history's most fascinating monarch

A genius, a beauty, a leader, and a manipulator. Elizabeth I has fascinated and enthralled history buffs and Anglophiles for centuries. The era that bears her name was one of the most exciting and dazzling in England's history. Christopher Hibbert's masterful biography introduces a new generation of readers, aware of the challenges women face in wielding power, to perhaps history's greatest monarch.
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  • Classification : General Non-Fiction
  • Pub Date : JUN 21, 1992
  • Imprint : Hachette Go
  • Page Extent : 336
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780201608175
  • Price : INR 2,140
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Christopher Hibbert

Christopher Hibbert (1924-2008) was born in Leicestershire and educated at Radley and Oriel Colleges Oxford. He served as infantry officer during the war was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. Described by Professor J. H. Plumb as 'a writer of the highest ability' he was in the words of the Times Educational Supplement 'perhaps the most gifted popular historian' of his day. Christopher Hibbert was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt of Leicester University.

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