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A.L. Rowse

On January 16th, 1559, England’s twenty-five-year-old sovereign left Whitehall to be crowned Queen. This article, by A.L. Rowse, was first published in May 1953, exactly fifty years ago, in a special issue of History Today that marked the imminent coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Published April 15 2003
A.L. Rowse on an elegant depiction of 20th century personalities
Published January 1 1983
Translated and Annotated by G. W. Groos
Published February 1 1982
by P. Collinson
Published May 31 1980

The epic voyage of this Elizabethan adventurer to Peru and his subsequent capture by its Spanish masters inspired Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho! An article by A.L. Rowse. 

Published May 31 1980
Isaiah Berlin
Published April 30 1980
David McLellan
Published April 1 1980

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