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Castor, H. (2010). The exception to the Rule. History Today, 60(10), 37-43.

“History Today” is a magazine that seeks to review historical events that happened long ago. Helen Castor, a publishing journalist, addresses the extraordinary step taken by Elizabeth to rise to Queenship. It seemed extraordinary, contrary to the expectations. No one expected that at the time, England would be ruled by a woman.

Castor explains that women got underrated and that they could neither make decisions nor lead an army to battle against enemies. These duties were for men. A queen was simply put in the palace as king's partner to overlook the children and perform duties meant for women. The King took pride in his daughters with an aim of marrying them off to high ranking and influential men. History broke pattern lines of male leadership when King Henry 1's daughter Elizabeth took over the throne after the death of her father. It was an exception to the expected male leadership. She had done something that many did not expect, bearing in mind the view and position of women in their kingdom.

Doty, J. S. (2012). "Measure for Measure" and the Problem of Popularity. English Literary Renaissance, 42(1), 32-57. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6757.2011.

Jeffrey Dotty reviews the Measure for Measure to explore the tensions between absolutism and the public sphere. It is an interesting play that has for a long time topped among the most read books in the English Literature Library. William Shakespeare first wrote the play. The review gave it another uplift, and it spread even further. Dotty aspires to air the hypocrisy of leaders who impose rules that they cannot follow themselves by the play. He highlights the fate of a young man in the play; Claudio, who got sentenced to death for the crime of impregnating his girlfriend before they get married (Escobar, 2011). The man responsible for his sentence is Angelo. He has been given temporary leadership by the Duke, who pretends to be out of town while he has disguised himself as a common citizen to observe how things would unfold in his absence. Ironically, Angelo who is against sexual intercourse outside marriage asks Isabella to sleep with him to earn Claudio's freedom. Isabella is Claudio's sister who tries to fight for his release. Through a well-skimmed plan by the Duke and Isabella, Angelo finds himself sleeping with Mariana, his former girlfriend and he is forced to marry her at the end. Apart from displaying the irony of dictatorship when Angelo makes rules and does the opposite of what he expects others to do, it also gives a summary of Angelo's bad governance and how he misuses power and his position in leadership.

Brian Levack, E. M. (2011). The West Encounters & Transformations Volume 2: since 1550 (3rd ed.). New York: Pearson Education, Inc.

Brian Levack examines the evolutions that Western countries have had through in its history since early 1550. The west gets recognized as the mother of inventions, but it should also get realized that it undergoes inventions too. Many aspects of Western culture have transformed from what people previously believed into what people learn daily. The transformation has majorly been brought forward by civilization and Change in people's lifestyle. Levack seeks to address how the people's beliefs and ideas have greatly transformed. Their beliefs on other men who come from different continents and their idea of humanitarian treatment. Technology is another aspect that has greatly evolved to what get experienced today from the days of sledges to the current electric train, from the times of communication through messengers to the use of Internet. Levack uses the book to examine critically the significant transformation brought about by specific encounters with different people from different backgrounds (Fasolt, 2011).

Elizabeth: November 1558', in Calendar of State Papers Foreign, Elizabeth, Volume 1, 1558-1559, ed. Joseph Stevenson (London, 1863), pp. 1-16 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/foreign/vol1/pp1-16 [accessed 11 December 2015].

Joseph Stevenson is an author who worked for the palace of England and took his time and great interest in the Queen's life backing up events and their time of occurrences. His calendar gets dated from October 1559 to April 1604, the period when Elizabeth reigned as Queen. He passionately brings out the Queen as a humble lady, whose door opens to visitors both local and international, ranging from those who come to seek help to the suitors who sought after her always. Stevenson also describes the religious nature of the Queen as a humble Catholic faithful who took her time to observe all the Catholic rituals. According to Stevenson, the Queen valued advice and challenge since the calendar notes of the days she sat with her council to air out leadership issues facing her and seek advice. Stevenson continues to analyze the Queens activities and displays her passion for her country England. The records continued until 1604 when the Queen died and how people mourned her.

Doran, Susan (2003), Queen Elizabeth I, London: British Library, ISBN 978-0-7123-4802-7.

Doran Susan is an author who explores the Royal life of Queen Elizabeth 1. She gives an elite description of her life from childhood to her death. Elizabeth Tudor was the daughter of King Henry VIII. She became queen after the death of her sister Mary who had been a queen but died childless in 1559. Susan explains the significant changes in England made by Elizabeth after taking over the throne while upholding society values. She was known to be a Queen, who consulted before making major decisions. Queen Elizabeth also lived her life without getting married despite the huge number of suitors who came to seek her hand in marriage. She later died in 1604 thereby ending the Tudor dynasty (Dobson, 2003).

Doran, Susan (2003), "The Queen's Suitors and the Problem of the Succession", in Doran, Susan, and Elizabeth: The Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, London: Chatto and Windus, ISBN 978-0-7011-7476-7.

The book describes the life of Queen Elizabeth of England and her encounter with suitors who came to seek her hand for marriage. The Queen became the most sought after woman in England with high ranking suitors seeking her approval. To everyone's amazement, she had fallen for her subject, her horse master Lord Robert Dudely. The however did not marry him because of his wife's death that later linked to him. The Queens suitors came from far of countries and some thought of building friendship between their countries through the proposal to marry the Queen. She used the idea of marriage and interested suitors as a political weapon and a diplomatic sword to win friends for England. The queen was in dilemma between who to marry and whether the married suitor would make her his subject. She wondered how she would introduce her called husband to interact with her subjects. Years past and the Queen was growing old. Some suitors gave up and sought her hand no further. She continued ruling alone and eventually she also gave up ever to get married.