Elizabeth - David Starkey Reviews

I resisted buying Dr Starkey's book for some time, on the grounds that I already own 8 biographies of Elizabeth and 3 of Mary. However, this contribution now shares the No. 1 spot on my bookcase with J Neale's classic biography. Like Neale's, Starkey's book is immaculately researched and compulsively readable (with plenty ...

Having watched David Starkeys tie-in TV programme, I approached this book with some trepidation - finding the authors televisual presence somewhat irritating to say the least. However, I have to say that this is the most entertaining and factually incisive book I have read in many years. Despite knowing the fate of many of the books chief ...

He's a bit of a rebel, isn't he, that David Starkey? I watched, for lack of a good film that particular night, the first part of his series on Elizabeth I and I was instantly hooked. Little, bespectacled man, hardly a mellifluous voice, cheap sets; it was not on my list of compulsory viewing. At first sight David Starkey reminded ...

How good it is to get a book which is both interesting and factual. I always thought that Royalty were priveledged and without their problems. Well, like us all, they have to break their mortal coil and die. For some of them it was grizzly, others it was painful and others it was quick. The history of the deaths of Kings and ...