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Young Bess (novel)

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Young Bess
First edition
AuthorMargaret Irwin
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
PublisherChatto & Windus
Publication date
1944
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Followed byElizabeth, 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

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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

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  1. ^ Kirkpatrick p.390
  2. ^ Ford p.237

Bibliography

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  • 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.