Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England: Literature, History, Sovereignty.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

John Watkins. Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England: Literature, History, Sovereignty. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2002. Pp. xi, 264. $60.00. ISBN 0- 521-81573-8.

With the recent celebration of the four-hundredth anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth I and the resulting renewal of interest surrounding the last Tudor queen, John Watkins' book is both a timely and welcome addition to the growing collection of books written about Elizabeth I. Watkins' book is a well-researched and interesting revisionist discussion of the appropriation of the memory of Elizabeth by ...

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