Publisher's Synopsis
Praise for the earlier edition:
"A thoughtful and . . . authoritative study, easily the best thing we have on the Queen. Like Anne herself, it is eminently worthy."-Angus McInnes, History
"With the appearance of this volume, a generation of revision in Queen Anne studies comes to fruition."-Henry Horowitz, American Historical Review
"The best kind of biography, scholarly but sympathetic, as well as highly readable."-John Kenyon, The Observer
"Bold . . . startling . . . imaginative and persuasive."-G.C. Gibbs, London Review of Books