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I first read this as an almost-teenager back in the late 1950s. The copy I read (and still have) was my parents' Book of the Month Club edition. Other reviewers have done a good job describing the story; my point is that the staying power of this novel and the sequel, Elizabeth, Captive Princess, speaks to the amazing job the author did bringing Elizabeth's early years to life. It is amazing that Elizabeth survived to come to the throne. The final book in the trilogy, Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain, isn't as thrilling, but that might be because the central tension of the first two novels, Will Elizabeth Survive?, is missing here.

The first time I read the novels, it was easy to identify with the young Elizabeth, because in a sense they are coming-of-age stories. I have reread them over the years and still find them gripping. These books set me off on a life-long love of historical fiction, or as I like to think of it, chocolate-covered history.

An historical aside about the books is that the subtitles are not original.


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Young Bess Margaret Irwin 9780749080211 Books Reviews

Young Bess is the story of Elizabeth Tudor,the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. After the King had Anne executed,he declared Elizabeth illegitimate,thus losing her place in line to the throne, and removed her from his presence, to Hatfield House. After King Henry dies his last wife Catherine Parr has Elizabeth live with her and her new husband Tom Seymour. Thomas Seymour (known as Lord High Admiral) has an older brother Edward, who becomes The Lord Protector.
So begins the story of court intrique and royal whims that Elizabeth finds herself in. The Seymours gained power when their sister, Jane married King Henry VIII and produced a son and heir, Edward who is Elizabeths brother. Tom Seymour was jealous of his brothers power and pursues a relationship with Elizabeth, sometimes very intimate, with their bedroom antics. Tom would go into "the Lady Elizabeth's chamber before she was ready, and sometimes before she did rise; and if she were up he would bid her good morrow and ask how she did, and strike her upon the back or on the buttocks familiarly...." Kat Ashley, Elizabeths governess and friend tries to tell Elizabeth that these antics need to stop and after awhile Catherine Parr realizes that she needs to get Elizabeth away from Tom so to try to save Elizabeth's reputation she sends her away to the house of Anthony Denny in Hertfordshire. However, when Catherine dies in childbirth in August 1548, Thomas renewed his attentions to the Princess.
In his determination for power Thomas then devises a plan to kidnap the King. He breaks into the Kings apartments at Hampton Court, but was subsequently caught and arrested for treason in his plot to seize the throne from her half-brother, Edward VI. The Privy Council charged him with thirty-three counts of treason, one of which was,that they believed he had had a sexual relationship with Elizabeth and that she was with child, which we know now was not true.
I really enjoyed reading this book about Elizabeth and to learn a little more about her years under the age of 20. Ms. Irwin's writing was pleasurable and easy to understand. If I didn't know that this book had been previously published in 1944, I would feel like it was recently written. Thouroughly researched and beautifully told, Young Bess is a novel that anyone interested in the Tudor court after King Henry VIII, the early years of Elizabeth and even about King Edward VI,would enjoy. I highly recommend this book.
Too many relatives listed throughout the book. It goes on and on. Who is related to who, etc. I couldn't even remember all these details. It was very boring.
Best way to learn history.
my wife collects books like this and really enjoyed them some are hard to find but seem that has every thing
This was a great read!
Margaret Irwin's novel "Young Bess" is the first in a series of three books on the life of England's Queen Elizabeth I

(reigned 1558-1603). The Virgin Queen was a Gloriana but she

had a difficult childhood and adolescence. Her mother Anne Boleyn was executed by Bess's cruel father Henry VIII. She was

accused of bastardy and had a strained relationship with her

two siblings Mary (daughter of Katharine of Aragon-Henry's

first wife) and Edward (son of Henry's wife Jane Seymour). Followng the death of Henry the land was ruled by the sickly Edward who had Protestant leanings. The 15 year old monarch died in 1553 followed by the prickly "Bloody Mary" whose short reign

led to the persecution and burning of Protestants.

This book takes us from Elizabeth's girlhood to the moment when Edward has died and the succession is in dispute. It deals

in depth with Bess's relationship with the Seymour family. Thomas Seymour loved Bess and wed Henry VIII's last queen Katharine Parr. He was executed for treason during the reign of

Edward.

The book can be boring and seem old fashioned to those expecting garish desciptions of execution and vivid sexual scenes.

Irwin's style is rich and her prose sparkles. The book would most appeal to someone who has a basic knowledge of the Tudor

dynasty. All of the names and titles can be confusing to an American reader.

Overall this is a good, clean book dealing with the fascinating

Elizabeth.
This is the book written by Margaret Irwin, my favorite author after Elizabeth Chadwick on the third place. Here is the story of Young Elizabeth I, the Queen of England, the Queen who had never been married. A Virgin Queen, who had so many lovers, and adorers, but was an orphan. Here are her young years, when she had a friends and sisters, who helped to realize who she is. I would like to recommend the book everyone who is studying English history or interested in biography of Elizabeth I, the Queen of England.
I first read this as an almost-teenager back in the late 1950s. The copy I read (and still have) was my parents' Book of the Month Club edition. Other reviewers have done a good job describing the story; my point is that the staying power of this novel and the sequel, Elizabeth, Captive Princess, speaks to the amazing job the author did bringing Elizabeth's early years to life. It is amazing that Elizabeth survived to come to the throne. The final book in the trilogy, Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain, isn't as thrilling, but that might be because the central tension of the first two novels, Will Elizabeth Survive?, is missing here.

The first time I read the novels, it was easy to identify with the young Elizabeth, because in a sense they are coming-of-age stories. I have reread them over the years and still find them gripping. These books set me off on a life-long love of historical fiction, or as I like to think of it, chocolate-covered history.

An historical aside about the books is that the subtitles are not original.