I agree entirely with Bill about Starkey, but add two of which I am personally very fond, and have not really found wanting: Elizabeth Jenkins' Elizabeth the Great (complemented by her excellent Elizabeth and Leicester), and Paul Johnson's Elizabeth I: a Study in Power and Intellect. Roger Kuin On 27-Jul-07, at 10:38 PM, Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon wrote: > I found Weir's bio extremely balanced. It remains one of the few > BOMC books from ages past that I actually kept, > > -- > Etc, > > Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon, Vicar-general > North American Old Roman Catholic Church (Utrecht Succession) > Archdiocese of California > www.naorc.org