Leanda de Lisle earned a master’s degree in history at Oxford University before embarking on a highly successful career as a journalist and writer. After having three sons, she went on to graduate school and received a master’s degree in business administration. She has since held positions as the first columnist for Country Life magazine and as a columnist for The Spectator magazine and The Guardian newspaper. She returned to her first love, history, to write After Elizabeth, her debut book.
Advance praise for After Elizabeth
“Leanda de Lisle has done what historians, to date, have
overlooked. She spots the story in the seemingly uneventful
handover of power to James I after Elizabeth’s death and
rediscovers its thrilling drama. James’s accession was far from
inevitable–de Lisle vividly recounts the uncertainty, greed,
intrigue, and hypocrisy that defined the new age. We enter a
slippery, twilight world where legitimacy is debased and conspiracy
and corruption thrive. This is an original, informative, absorbing
account, written with verve and style.”
–John Guy, author of Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary
Stuart
“A deep and fascinating account of this transformative year. Leanda
de Lisle’s close focus draws us into palace corridors, country
houses, and city streets where the excitement, intrigue, and danger
are palpable.”
–Jane Dunn, author of Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
“This masterly account recaptures superbly the edgy, wary feel of
court and country at the key moment when Tudor England was
transformed into Stuart Britain. In emphasizing the faults of Queen
Elizabeth I and the acuity of her successor, King James I, Leanda
de Lisle has brilliantly subverted the traditional story.”
–Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel
Advance praise for After Elizabeth
"Leanda de Lisle has done what historians, to date, have
overlooked. She spots the story in the seemingly uneventful
handover of power to James I after Elizabeth's death and
rediscovers its thrilling drama. James's accession was far from
inevitable-de Lisle vividly recounts the uncertainty, greed,
intrigue, and hypocrisy that defined the new age. We enter a
slippery, twilight world where legitimacy is debased and conspiracy
and corruption thrive. This is an original, informative, absorbing
account, written with verve and style."
-John Guy, author of Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary
Stuart
"A deep and fascinating account of this transformative
year. Leanda de Lisle's close focus draws us into palace corridors,
country houses, and city streets where the excitement, intrigue,
and danger are palpable."
-Jane Dunn, author of Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals,
Queens
"This masterly account recaptures superbly the edgy, wary feel of
court and country at the key moment when Tudor England was
transformed into Stuart Britain. In emphasizing the faults of Queen
Elizabeth I and the acuity of her successor, King James I, Leanda
de Lisle has brilliantly subverted the traditional story."
-Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel
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