Talk:The Lonely Queen

Review of the book (1911)
(These tales may be only a subset of the book)
 * The Outlook, 20 April 1912: The "Lonely Queen" was the magnificent Elizabeth of England, about whose puzzling contradictions in character so many wild theories have arisen. The author of this novel arouses for the heroine the identical feeling that moved the Queen's subjects—distrust, admiration, and loyalty. The solitary, shrewd little girl, Elizabeth, already precocious in the evils of the Court about her, alternately flatters her weak younger brother Edward, defies her father, Henry VIII, and despises her fanatic sister Mary. She looks on as her father discards Anne of Cleves and takes as his Queen Catherine Howard for her short day of grace. Elizabeth's ability, her ambition, her wonderful diplomacy, and her coarse candor are all seen in little in the girl. She carries herself safely through dangerous times before she reaches the throne, having confidence in no one, but using all with consummate selfishness. The author is skillful to a high degree in preserving the atmosphere of the time, yet never reducing the characters to puppets.