{"product_id":"9781443720922","title":"Elizabeth And Essex","description":"When the Earl of Essex succeeded his stepfather, the Earl of Leicester, as Queen Elizabeth's favorite, he was 21 and the Queen was in her mid-fifties. She was imperious and demanding; he was spoiled and ambitious, but shrewd and with an eye toward the main chance.\u003cp\u003eTheir relationship is an ideal subject for Lytton Strachey's sardonic but not unsympathetic analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elizabeth and Essex shared common traits of ego and vanity, and they exercised a fascination for each other. Their relationship, a struggle for dominance with all the overtones of repressed sexuality, is all the more fascinating for the difference in their ages.\" (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hesperides Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060366950640,"sku":"9781443720922","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781443720922_p0.jpg?v=1763817387","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781443720922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}