Young Bess (novel)
Author | Margaret Irwin |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical |
Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 1944 |
Media type | |
Followed by | Elizabeth, Captive Princess |
Young Bess is a 1944 historical novel by the British writer Margaret Irwin.[1] It was the first of trilogy focusing on the life of Elizabeth I of England. It focuses on her years as a princess during the reign of her father Henry VIII. It was followed by two sequels, Elizabeth, Captive Princess (1948) and Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (1953).
Adaptation[edit]
In 1953 it was adapted into a Hollywood film of the same title directed by George Sidney and starring Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr and Charles Laughton.[2]
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Ford, Elizabeth. Royal Portraits in Hollywood: Filming the Lives of Queens. University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
- Kirkpatrick, D. L. Twentieth-century Romance and Gothic Writers. Gale Research, 1982.