Good Queen Bess
Introducing… Good Queen Bess, a queen whose strong will, shrewd diplomacy, religious tolerance and great love for her subjects won the hearts of her people and the admiration of her enemies.
Elizabeth was born into an age of religious strife, in which plots and factions were everywhere and private beliefs could be punished by death.
When she became queen, her counselors urged her to marry quickly. They advised her to turn the responsibilities of governing over to her husband. But she outwitted them! She stalled and changed her mind. She played one side against another. Furthermore, she steered her country to the glorious era of peace and security – the Elizabethan Age.
Elizabeth’s forceful personality, colorful court, and devoted subjects come vividly to life in this stellar picture-book biography. When first published, Good Queen Bess won the titles of a Notable Book in the Field of Social Studies, an American Library Association Notable Book, a Booklist Editors’ Choice, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, and an IRA Teachers’ Choice.
- In this welcome reissue, celebrated author and illustrator Diane Stanley and her husband, Peter Vennema, paint an impressive portrait of the remarkable queen who loved her people so dearly and ruled them so well.
