Articles on Cultural Depictions of Elizabeth I of England, Including - The Faerie Queene, Elizabeth R, Elizabeth (Film), Young Bess, the Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Queenie, the Virgin Queen (TV Serial), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Elizabeth I of England has inspired artistic and cultural works for over four centuries. The following lists cover various media, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture, film and fiction. The entries represent portrayals that a reader has a reasonable chance of encountering rather than a complete catalogue. * The Portraiture of Elizabeth I glorified her during her reign and masked her age in their later portraits. Elizabeth was often painted in rich and stylised gowns. Elizabeth is sometimes shown holding a sieve, a symbol of virginity . * One of Elizabeth's nicknames was "The Faerie Queen," after the poem in her honour by Edmund Spenser. *The three-volume Gothic romance novel, The Recess, by Sophia Lee. *The young Elizabeth is a minor character in Mark Twain's novel The Prince and the Pauper. *Margaret Irwin wrote the Good Queen Bess trilogy based on Elizabeth's youth: Young Bess (1945), Elizabeth, Captive Princess (1950), and Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (1953). *All the Queen's Men by Evelyn Anthony (1960) *The Queen and the Gypsy by Constance Heaven (1977) *Queen of This Realm by Jean Plaidy (1984) *Much Suspected of Me by Maureen Peters (1991) *To Shield the Queen, a series of eight books featuring Ursula Blanchard, Lady in waiting to Elizabeth, by Fiona Buckley (1997-2006). *Author Karen Harper has written a mystery series about Elizabeth. Included in this series are nine fictional novels. They are: The Poyson Garden (2000), The Tidal