The Succession: A Novel Of Elizabeth And James

The Succession: A Novel Of Elizabeth And James

1983 • 538 pages

“This is surely the best historical novel in many years,­” wrote Peter S. Prescott in Newsweek about Death of the Fox, George Garrett’s unparalleled reentry, into the heart of the English Renaissance. His new novel, *The Succession*, is surely the finest since: a triumph of intellect and imagination that once more brilliantly re-­creates Elizabethan England.­After decades of rule, Elizabeth I lies dying. She has overcomes the Spanish, the Pope, power-­hungry noblemen, even her beloved Essex. England is prospering under her; she is, they say, married to it. Who will succeed her? Who can? To read *The Succession* is to be plunged into the last days of this great age, to experience its humanity, color, pageantry, and drama; its grandeur, squalor, splendor, and folly. And to better imagine the procession that came before us (in any land) and the succession to follow.


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#2 in The Elizabethan Trilogy

The Elizabethan Trilogy is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1972 with contributions by George Garrett.

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Death of the Fox
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The Succession: A Novel Of Elizabeth And James

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