Lord Burghley and Queen Elisabeth

London: J. Cape, 1960. First Edition. Large octavo with navy boards and gilt stamping; in red and blue jacket; plates; notes; index; 25 cm Jacket is very good (-) with some chipping at folds and edgewear, age-toned with some sunning to spine, now in archival mylar; a very good to very good (+) copy with clean pages and solid binding, very gently rubbed at edges. Hardcover.

"The second and concluding volume of Conyer Read's life of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, deal with him as Peer and Lord High Treasurer. Taken together the two volumes constitute the only scholarly biography of Cecil in print. They represent over ten years of exhaustive research of all sources, in print or in manuscript, likely to reveal the man who, next to the Queen herself, was the most significant figure in her government." --Jacket copy.