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Monarchy and Matrimony - The Courtships of Elizabeth I
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Monarchy and Matrimony - The Courtships of Elizabeth IMonarchy and Matrimony - The Courtships of Elizabeth I

In this compelling account of Elizabeth I's attempts at marriage, Susan Doran argues that the cult of the "Virgin Queen" was invented by her ministers and that Elizabeth was in reality a frustrated, would-be wife forced into celibacy by political necessity.
 
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