I found this a really interesting read.
A lot of research has gone into this book which focuses on Elizabeth's childhood and life before she becomes queen.
It's always fascinating to read the amount of disruption and neglect that she experienced despite her birth and privilege.
Elizabeth I is well trodden territory and I have several accounts if her life. I'm not that I learned anything new, but this was a readable and interesting book.

This was a lovely comprehensive book on Elizabeth the first, she is a very interesting lady to read about and i would recommend it to any history lovers.

An interesting book i would thoroughly recommend to anyone interested in ancient history.many new facts have been brought to light queen Elizabeth’s early life.i could not put it down.

An incredible non-fiction description of the first 25 years of Elizabeth’s life. Although I had as part of my degree studied Elizabeth as part of the Tudor period this book makes her come alive as a three dimensional person who all her early life feared the stigma of illegitimacy after her Father degrees her a bastard taking away her royal titles The danger she was under during the reins of both her siblings was made real as well as the changing attitudes of the courtiers to her. Brilliantly researched and well constructed to make Elizabeth such an interesting person with her education and her intuitive approach to those who surrounded her.

Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen by Nicola Tallis is such an interesting non-fiction account of Elizabeth’s life: from her mother, Anne Boleyn meeting Henry VIII, to the day she succeeds to the throne. In those intervening years, Elizabeth is pronounced a bastard after the execution of her mother, is predated on by her stepmothers husband, is accused of trying to topple her sister Mary from the throne, is imprisoned in the Tower and other great houses - as long as she is out of Mary’s way. She is spied on and may well have really been involved in plots against her sister.

Elizabeth was far too clever to be caught, and that comes across really clearly. She was her parent’s daughter: clever, resilient and she knew the best people to have around her. These personality traits and the things that happened to her, formed the young woman and queen she would later be.

Nicola Tallis read through, and included, a lot of Elizabeth’s personal correspondence. It must have been exhausting for Elizabeth. She was constantly under suspicion of treason. She may well have been though, and she certainly didn’t conform wholeheartedly to Catholicism as Mary wanted her to.

This was such a fascinating read - and I’m notoriously picky with non-fiction. I often find it dry and hard to concentrate on, but not with Young Elizabeth. It was riveting, and held my attention from start to finish!

I love all things the Tudors, so I was so happy to be asked to review this book about the Young Elizabeth I.
I have read quite a few books around this time period but Nicola with her wonderful writing still kept the subject matter fresh and engaging.

Nicola draws on real letters from Elizabeth herself and the book feels well researched and informative without being too dense. Making it a perfect historical fiction novel.

Thank you to the publishers and author for a copy of this book to review.

I loved this book! One of my favourite genres and periods of history to read about. Felt like a new, fresh take on Elizabeth and gave great insight into her life. Read this if you enjoy historical works or have any interest in Tudor life.

Young Elizabeth by Nicola Tallis was an amazing book, I just love reading books about Elizabeth I. She was one of England's most famous monarchs, also known as the ‘Virgin Queen’ This book was beautifully written throughout and thoroughly researched.
It became a great page and I just wanted to learn more about her.

This is a must-read for any history enthusiast.

Big Thank you to NetGalley and Michael O'Mara Ltd for allowing me access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I LOVED this title!!!!
Wow it was amazing, a lot of people like me, are obsessed with the tudors. This is a great novel which takes you thorough Elizabeth the firsts life from infancy to queenship! I would recommend everyone that loves the Tudor period to read this book as it is stunning and well thought through very well recommended xxx

It is hard to review non-fiction historical books. The author is very talented and knowledgeable and does an excellent job. The book is very informative and a good read. This is a first for me by the author and one I enjoyed and I would read more of their work. The book cover is eye-catching and appealing and would spark my interest if in a bookshop. Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

Like many other reviewers, I had believed that I knew quite a lot about the life of the Virgin Queen but Young Elizabeth threw a light on the early infancy, childhood and adolescence of the one of the most intriguing characters in Tudor history. What was most moving was the bond between the King's children and how their love for each other was threatened by the politics of the day. Full of detail and beautifully written, I can highly recommend this book.

i have just read this book immediately after finishing the amazing "Mary I:Queen of Sorrows" by Alison Weir. As, of course, both being half-sisters and daughters of Henry VIII there is an amount of overlap and similarity within the books at specific times, places and people where research quotes the same sources but each is tackled from the perspective of a different daughter. It is interesting that there appears to be less primary sources regarding the early years of Elizabeth than of Mary but Nicola Tallis has written an equally amazing story based on what original sources there are. As Alison Weir says herself, "Outstanding".
My grateful thanks to NetGally, Michael O'Mara Ltd and the author for this ARC in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

Wow, I love these types of books as I get really immersed in them. I'm so interested in this era of history as I feel I lea4n so much about the people, the food and the way they all behave. My thanks to netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

Really enjoyed this book, very informative and many new insights. Great to read, different to any others I have read about Elizabeth. This is before her reign and has some great insights. Definatley recommend this to everyone

In ‘Young Elizabeth: Princess, Prisoner, Queen’ we follow Elizabeth on her perilous path to the throne. Her journey is brought vividly to life through a superb narrative combined with meticulous research.

To get there she had to survive the reigns of her father, her half-brother, and her half-sister. Elizabeth was declared illegitimate by Henry VIII, overlooked by Edward VI when he left the crown to Lady Jane Grey and implicated in the Wyatt Rebellion during Mary I’s reign, when Elizabeth came close to sharing the fate of the nine day’s queen.

Tallis’s portrait of Elizabeth is a must read which gives the reader greater understanding of the Queen she became.

A wonderful book for anyone interested in the Tudors.

This book is clearly well researched, detailing the events surrounding Elizabeth's life, even if they occured before her birth. Tallis also clearly and objectively references numerous sources when it comes to personal accounts of Elizabeth as well as the political schemes in play at the time, but manages to write this in such a way that keeps the reader interested- no mean feat!

I found that I learnt a lot and couldn't put this book down. This is a must-read for any history enthusiast.

Expected to be a boy, Elizabeth was a disappointment to her father on birth. Her mother was accused of much and executed and Elizabeth pronounced a bastard before the age of three. Until her late teens, Elizabeth was not really a credible candidate for the throne as her illegitimacy and then her religion stood against her. Potentially abused by her guardian's husband and used as a pawn by many powerful men, this intelligent girl learned to politic to survive.
Usually a biography of Elizabeth I skips lightly over her formative years with huge gaps during her childhood, here Tallis has chosen to focus on the life of the monarch before her coronation and a really excellent book it is. The meticulous research really fills in a lot of gaps and outlines the psychological influences on the actions during the actual reign. Relationships are explored and there is a genuine empathy for the difficult situations a vulnerable girl finds herself in.

I was chosen to review this book because I reviewed Alison Weirs "Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown".

I have become rather intrigued by the tudors thanks to Six the musical. This lead me to look into the actual history with Alison Weir six wives series. As I am way more of a fiction reader, non fiction tends to be quite heavy for me. Nevertheless, I was honoured to be chosen & dived in. I'm glad I did!

The story laid out of Elizabeth's early life by Nicola Tallis was intriguing. I found it was well researched but didn't become overly heavy. I learnt so much about Henry's' daughter & longest reigning heir. This has encouraged me to look into this further (when time permits)

What a totally fascinating book this is. Elizabeth, as queen, has appeared in many different forms and formats but seldom from birth. To me, this book is the exception in as much as it speaks to the intrigues and politics and shenanigans that went on in the Tudor Court of Henry leading up to Elizabeth's birth and the decades that followed.

I loved the book, its style and content and its readability. If you have an interest in Tudor England, treat yourself; I cannot imagine you will be disappointed.

Well researched and unlike some historical reads it is very easy to read. Charting the life of Elizabeth I for her first 25 years it starts before her birth with the relationship of her mother Ann Boleyn and Henry VIII and how this affected her life many years after the death of them both. It also focuses on other relationships that were influential on her life.

A fascinating read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read Young Elizabeth.