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Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) was an English historical writer and poet. Volume 8 of Lives of the Queens of England continues the story of Elizabeth I, "second Queen-Regnant of England and Ireland."

Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) was an English historical writer and poet. This is volume 10 of 16.

Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) was an English historical writer and poet. This is volume 7 of 16.

Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) was an English historical writer and poet. This is volume 6 of 16.

Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) was an English historical writer and poet. This is volume 4 of 16.

First published between 1840 and 1849, Strickland's landmark work provides biographical accounts of the queens of England from Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, to Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch. Volume 1 contains eight biographies of medieval queens, including Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Anne of Bohemia.

Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) and her sister Elizabeth collaborated on many biographical projects, including this eight-volume series. Pioneering figures in women's history, they included discussion of domestic matters ignored by earlier male historians. Volume 1 (1850) is devoted to Margaret Tudor, Magdalene of France and Mary of Lorraine.