Descrição Foto do livro anunciado - Torrid, tortured, and notorious -as romances go- indisputably was the affair between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. It started in 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was merely nineteen. The affair lasted five years. Essex was beheaded for treason in 1601. The book brilliantly exposes the details that led to Essexs demise.A master of the English language, Strachey renders in unbridled fast-paced -for a history-based narration- powerful and exquisite scenes of individual love, individual power-and power politics. - brochura - 187 paginas - 13 x 20 cm - capa com manchas, corte escurecido pela ação do tempo, folhas levemente escurecidas (especialmente nas margens) pela ação do tempo e devido o tipo do papel - K8
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