Article: Books: The great rivalry that had to end; Elizabeth And Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens. By Jane Dunn (HarperCollins, pounds 20). Reviewed by Zannah Lewis.(Features)

Byline: Zannah Lewis

The journey from historical figure to great female icon would seem necessarily to be a bloody and brutal one.

In the recent television series, Great Britons, two women shared that path and that iconic status: the tragic 20th-century princess, Diana, and the Renaissance Queen Elizabeth I - who survived one of the most dangerous and nefarious ages in history.

Their iconography, however, has been mapped out quite differently. We are quite confident today in our perceptions of Good Queen Bess.

Strong and intellectual, ...

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