CONTENTS.
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | ELIZABETH'S MOTHER | [13] |
| II. | THE CHILDHOOD OF A PRINCESS | [39] |
| III. | LADY JANE GREY | [57] |
| IV. | THE SPANISH MATCH | [81] |
| V. | ELIZABETH IN THE TOWER | [100] |
| VI. | ACCESSION TO THE THRONE | [120] |
| VII. | THE WAR IN SCOTLAND | [141] |
| VIII. | ELIZABETH'S LOVERS | [161] |
| IX. | PERSONAL CHARACTER | [187] |
| X. | THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA | [208] |
| XI. | THE EARL OF ESSEX | [232] |
| XII. | THE CONCLUSION | [260] |