Abstract
This essay explores British historical novels read by the author in girlhood and the pleasures they offered. It looks at the nature of the popular history presented, especially the ambiguous role of Elizabeth I as a key figure, with whom a girl might identify, and the problems with the idea of ‘becoming a heroine’. It locates these novels as national fictions in British society post-1945, imagining particular versions of national identity, and women’s place within them.
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