First U.S. edition
Copyright © 2015 by Lisa Hilton
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First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Hilton, Lisa, date.
Elizabeth : Renaissance prince / Lisa Hilton.—First U.S. edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-544-57784-8 (hardback)—ISBN 978-0-544-57785-5 (ebook)
1. Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603. 2. Great Britain—History—Elizabeth, 1558–1603. 3. Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527—Influence. 4. Queens—Great Britain—Biography. I. Title.
DA355.H56 2015
942.05'5092—dc23
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2015004340
Cover design by Martha Kennedy
Cover image: Burghley House Collection, Lincolnshire, UK/Bridgeman Images
Author photograph © Guy Isherwood
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