About the Author

A. L. Rowse (1903-1997) was a fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. The general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare, he achieved worldwide fame when he claimed the elusive Dark Lady of the sonnets was Emilia Lanier. He published more than ninety books of history, poems, biography, and criticism, including The Expansion of Elizabethan England.

Reviews

"Majestic in scope and monumental in size . . a major accomplishment in historical writing crammed with interesting information and so well written that it is surely destined for long life and vast reputation."--New York Times