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About this book
Between the years 1579 and 1581, a courtship between Elizabeth I of England and François, Duke of Anjou took place. Though this courtship is often dismissed as a political tactic on Elizabeth's part to create an Anglo-French alliance during the Wars of Religion, The Queen's Frog Prince presents an alternative interpretation. In this book, David Lee pores over some of the surviving love letters exchanged between Elizabeth and Anjou, whom Elizabeth affectionately nicknamed "my frog." Lee suggests that although the courtship suited Elizabeth I politically, it also blossomed into something much more complex, an affectionate bond, and that to understand Elizabeth I as a woman, she must first be seen for who she was beneath all the vainglory and iconography.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Forward
- Acknowledgements
- Dramatis Personae
- Introduction – The Rising Sun
- Chapter 1 – A Courtly Cult of Love
- Chapter 2 – The Pursuit of a Queen
- Chapter 3 – From Alençon to Anjou
- Chapter 4 – The Language of Love
- Chapter 5 – A Kingdom in Opposition
- Chapter 6 – Second Chances
- Chapter 7 – The Question of Succession
- Chapter 8 – On Monsieur’s Departure
- Chapter 9 – The Extremity of My Misfortune
- Chapter 10 – All My Husbands
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Back Cover