Torn from the Sun

The riveting memories of Elizabeth I of England as she reviews her life from the perspective of her death bed. This is a history very much about the people in Elizabeth's life, and her relationships to them. It is also about the choices she made, and how her self-discipline and control of her body and emotions saved her life, time and again. Elizabeth contrasts her behaviors to less disciplined women, such as Mary Queen of Scots, who is deposed and ultimately executed as a result of her own poor choices. An excellent introduction for young people into the world of Elizabethan England and into the consequences of major life choices.