Elizabeth I by Jacob Abbcott is a biography about the Queen of England, Elizabeth first of her name. It details her childhood, oppression by Queen Mary, and her reign as the Virgin Queen for forty-five years. It is evident from her life that while she had a long and prosperous reign as Queen, she had a very petulant character that was quite ill tempered and manipulative. While this arguably does not have an ill effect on her reign, there a numerous occasions in which her vindictive, obstinate nature has had an affect on her decisions and how she is regarded.

One of the first points I would like to bring to the reader’s attention is how she acted during Queen Mary’s reign. Despite being imprisoned at Woodstock for 3 months, when Queen Mary