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Gloriana The Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I Hardcover - 1987
by Roy Strong
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- Title Gloriana The Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I
- Author Roy Strong
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Language ENG
- Publisher Thames & Hudson, London
- Date March 1987
- ISBN 9780500250983
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Gloriana The Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I
by Roy Strong
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780500250983
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- 0500250987
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Gloriana: The Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I.
by Strong, Roy
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- Hardcover
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- Used - VG/VG- (Boards have light edgewear/scuffing/smudging; DJ has light edgewear/scuffing/smudging/foxing; some pages between 77 and
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780500250983
- ISBN 10
- 0500250987
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New York, New York: Thames & Hudson, 1987. Hardcover. VG/VG- (Boards have light edgewear/scuffing/smudging; DJ has light edgewear/scuffing/smudging/foxing; some pages between 77 and 85 have light crinkling at the top). Red boards with gilt design on front cover and gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dj, 180 pp, profusely illustrated in bw with 4 pp color plates. "To examine the portraits of Elizabeth I is to witness the creation of the legend of the Virgin Queen, of Gloriana and her burgeoning empire. The history of the portraiture is that of the deliberate manufacture of an image powerful enough to hold together a people divided by both rigid hierarchy and religious belief. When Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558, her subjects had an all-too-vivid memory of military defeat and religious turmoil. Restoring stability to the kingdom involved the image of the Queen herself - over the years, she was transmuted from an elegant aristocrat into a cosmic vision. In Gloriana, Roy Strong provides a…
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