Young Bess (novel)

Young Bess is a 1944 historical novel by the British writer Margaret Irwin. It was the first of trilogy focusing on the life of Elizabeth I of England. It focuses on her years as a princess during the reign of her father Henry VIII. It was followed by two sequels, Elizabeth, Captive Princess (1948) and Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (1953).

Adaptation
In 1953 it was adapted into a Hollywood film of the same title directed by George Sidney and starring Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr and Charles Laughton.