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    Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana
    Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana
    Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana
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    Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana

    By Laurel A. Rockefeller

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    Queen Elizabeth Tudor is still known today as "Gloriana" after her small fleet of agile ships defeated the Spanish Armada's 131 galleons in the English Channel on 6 August 1588.

    “I am by your Council from you commanded to go to the Tower, a place more wanted for a false traitor than a true subject, which though I know I desire it not, yet in the face of all this realm it appears proved,” wrote Princess Elizabeth Tudor in her eleventh-hour letter to sister Queen Mary as guards waited to transport her to the prison at the Tower of London.

    Queen Elizabeth is perhaps the most legendary and celebrated ruler in English history. Yet do you really know her as well as you think you do?

    In this beautiful narrative biography you explore Elizabeth’s path from “Lady Elizabeth” to “Gloriana” through the lens of her relationship with Robert Dudley, a relationship far more contentious than most people believe. Politics and religion collide, provoking Elizabeth to console herself with her music, and a hard decision lays before her as plots against her life threatens her throne.

    Take the journey to Gloriana and discover a side to Elizabeth you never knew existed.

    Features six medieval and Elizabethan songs, a detailed timeline, and an extensive suggested reading list. Continues "Mary Queen of the Scots."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLaurel A. Rockefeller
    Release dateNov 21, 2015
    ISBN9781311002532
    Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana
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    Laurel A. Rockefeller

    Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska USA Laurel A. Rockefeller’s passion for animals comes through in everything she writes. First self-published in 2012 as social science fiction author (the Peers of Beinan series), Laurel has expanded her work into the animal care/guide, history, historical fiction, and biography genres.Find Laurel’s books in digital, paperback, and hardcover in your choice of up to ten languages, including Welsh, Chinese, and Dutch. Audio editions are published in all four available languages for audible: English, French, Spanish, and German.Besides advocating for animals and related environmental causes, Laurel A. Rockefeller is a passionate educator dedicated to improving history literacy worldwide, especially as it relates to women’s accomplishments. In her spare time, Laurel enjoys spending time with her cockatiels, travelling to historic places, and watching classic motion pictures and classic television series.

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      Queen Elizabeth Tudor - Laurel A. Rockefeller

      Queen Elizabeth Tudor

      Journey to Gloriana

      The Legendary Women of World History Series

      By Laurel A. Rockefeller

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      Queen Elizabeth Tudor is a work of narrative history based on events in her life and constructed using primary and secondary historical sources, commentary, and research.

      Consulted sources appear at the end of this book. Interpretation of source material is at the author’s discretion and utilized within the scope of the author’s imagination, including names, events, and historical details.

      Share the love of this book and the Legendary Women of World History Series by kindly reviewing this book on your blog, website, and on major retailer websites. Your review not only offers this author your feedback for improvement of this book series, but helps other people find this book so they can enjoy it as well. Only a few sentences and a few minutes of your time is all it takes to share the love with those who want to enjoy it too.

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      PROLOGUE

      CHAPTER ONE: LADY ELIZABETH

      CHAPTER TWO: SECOND PERSON

      CHAPTER THREE: LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

      CHAPTER FOUR: IMPERILLED QUEEN

      EPILOGUE

      TIMELINE

      SONG LYRICS

      SUGGESTED READING

      ABOUT THIS SERIES

      PROLOGUE

      The white sails of the Abigail shined brightly from its three tallest masts. As the crew readied the ship to depart Plymouth and as the ship’s final passengers boarded, Edward Drinker, a lad of thirteen years from Sussex looked at the water with a mix of excitement and fear. What would life in the New World be like? Were things really so bad in England so as to be worth risking so many lives on a four month voyage to Massachusetts Bay Colony? What would the other passengers think of his family’s Quaker values and beliefs? Would they be accepted for choosing to worship without a priest or formal clergy, praying together in silence as they waited for inspiration and wisdom from the Holy Spirit?

      With his parents Philip Drinker and Elizabeth Marshall below decks with most of the others, Edward felt alone. Taking out his recorder from his coat, he played a few improvised notes before putting it away. Elizabeth Epps, also thirteen years old, walked up to him, I like that. You play well!

      Not as well as I sing, confessed Edward immodestly.

      Do you sing in church? she asked.

      No, no of course not. Why would I sing in church?

      Because it is a great way to glorify God! I love to sing ‘Dona Nobis Pacem.’ Do you know that one? It is just that same Latin phrase over and over again in the most beautiful melody.

      I do not think I know that one; my family and I don’t believe in popery or anything resembling that. We certainly do not feel the king is the head of God’s church. In fact we believe that God is capable of speaking to everyone; we do not need anyone to tell us what God says or interpret the Bible for us. So no, I do not know that song. I hope I do not offend you with that. A lot of people get really angry about it; they think we are against the king and his authority, explained Edward.

      I think a lot of people are against the king now. I heard we’ve been without a parliament for six years! The king taxes without the content of anyone. And of course he married that catholic Henrietta Maria of France! He thinks he is god on Earth! What ever happened to traditional English liberty?

      King Charles is not the first ruler in England to believe the king is accountable to no one but God. As a matter of fact, all the rulers of the Tudor dynasty were like that: Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary, and of course Queen Elizabeth whose memory remains golden and ever bright in our hearts, remembered Edward. And then of course there was King James. I know many people really love him for commissioning the Bible that bears his name, but in truth he really was a bad ruler who saw himself above the law. He could have helped England and Scotland heal from centuries of warfare and hate; he chose not to.

      "From what I hear, the transition from two separate countries into one has not

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