All the Queen's Men: Elizabeth I and Her Courtiers [Hardcover]

Neville Williams (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company; 1st American edition (October 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 002629110X
• ISBN-13: 978-0026291101
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,875,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Introduction to a Glittering World, April 2, 2000

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John Hertz (Los Angeles, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All the Queen's Men: Elizabeth I and Her Courtiers (Hardcover)

This could be the best first book to read about the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England (reigned 1558-1603), one of the great monarchs in history. Witty, moderate, and strong, she has had few equals. She was not a feminist -- that was centuries ahead; she had to rule men, and by means of men. She drew the best to her, and charmed them which was better than forcing them. The wise understood, the rest grumbled, and England flourished. Neville Williams was a scholar with a knack for easy, popular writing. Here, at his best, with dozens of illustrations, he is colorful, thoughtful, short.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's good to be the queen . . ., November 18, 2005

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Michael K. Smith (South Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All the Queen's Men: Elizabeth I and Her Courtiers (Hardcover)

Elizabeth I was a master of applied psychology and manipulation of personalities, juggling with great success for many years the interests of the powerful men who surrounded her. She also had a happy knack for getting the most out of their talents to the benefit of the Crown and the country. Williams, Deputy Keeper of Public Records and a noted Tudor scholar, explores the ambitions, power-bids, marital politics, and "heroine worship" at Elizabeth's court and tracks the rise and fall of the Howard, Dudley, and Devereux families in a smoothly flowing, heavily illustrated narrative.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All The Queens Men review, March 3, 2009

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This review is from: All the Queen's Men: Elizabeth I and Her Courtiers (Hardcover)

This is a keeper! The book has great detail on all the most important men in the life of Elizabeth I with numerous illustrations, many of which I hadn't seen before. I am sure I will reference this over and over.