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Just a Girl

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Just a Girl
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jane Caro
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:276
Dimensions(mm): Height 199,Width 133
ISBN/Barcode 9780702238802
ClassificationsDewey:A823.00
Audience
Teenage / Young Adult

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Queensland Press
Imprint University of Queensland Press
Publication Date 2 May 2011
Publication Country Australia

Description

"I do not remember when I discovered how my mother died, it seems to be something I always knew, a horror I absorbed through my skin." Determined, passionate, privileged and headstrong, Elizabeth I was born into a world where she felt she didn't belong and had to fight to survive. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed by her father, Henry VIII. From that moment on, Elizabeth competed with her two half-siblings for love and for Britain's throne. In the gilded corridors of the royal palace, enemies she couldn't see as well as those bound to her by blood plotted to destroy her. Using her courage to survive and her wits to confound those who despised her, this young woman became one of the greatest monarchs the world has ever seen. Even though she was just a girl, she had already lived a lifetime.

Author Biography

Jane Caro has published two books: The Stupid Country: How Australia is Dismantling Public Education co-authored with Chris Bonnor, and The F Word: How We Learned to Swear by Feminism co-authored with Catherine Fox.