Author: Agnes Strickland
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Category : Princes
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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Author: Mary (Queen of Scots)
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Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Author: Agnes Strickland
Publisher:
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Category : Princesses
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Author: Jane Dunn
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307425746
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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"Superb.... A perceptive, suspenseful account." --The New York Times Book Review "Dunn demythologizes Elizabeth and Mary. In humanizing their dynamic and shifting relationship, Dunn describes it as fueled by both rivalry and their natural solidarity as women in an overwhelmingly masculine world." --Boston Herald The political and religious conflicts between Queen Elizabeth I and the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots, have for centuries captured our imagination and inspired memorable dramas played out on stage, screen, and in opera. But few books have brought to life more vividly the exquisite texture of two women’s rivalry, spurred on by the ambitions and machinations of the forceful men who surrounded them. The drama has terrific resonance even now as women continue to struggle in their bid for executive power. Against the backdrop of sixteenth-century England, Scotland, and France, Dunn paints portraits of a pair of protagonists whose formidable strengths were placed in relentless opposition. Protestant Elizabeth, the bastard daughter of Anne Boleyn, whose legitimacy had to be vouchsafed by legal means, glowed with executive ability and a visionary energy as bright as her red hair. Mary, the Catholic successor whom England’s rivals wished to see on the throne, was charming, feminine, and deeply persuasive. That two such women, queens in their own right, should have been contemporaries and neighbours sets in motion a joint biography of rare spark and page-turning power.

Author: Alison Weir
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307431479
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 722

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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn. Handsome, accomplished, and charming, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, staked his claim to the English throne by marrying Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the Queen of England. It was not long before Mary discovered that her new husband was interested only in securing sovereign power for himself. Then, on February 10, 1567, an explosion at his lodgings left Darnley dead; the intrigue thickened after it was discovered that he had apparently been suffocated before the blast. After an exhaustive reevaluation of the source material, Alison Weir has come up with a solution to this enduring mystery. Employing her gift for vivid characterization and gripping storytelling, Weir has written one of her most engaging excursions yet into Britain’s bloodstained, power-obsessed past.

Author: Susan Watkins
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ISBN: 9780500288177
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The fascinating but ultimately tragic tale of Mary, Queen of Scots, holds eternal appeal. In this beautifully illustrated book, Susan Watkins re-creates the world in which Mary lived the landscapes, the palaces and the courtly culture, and the fine details of the domestic scene in vivid word pictures, which give life to the wealth of historical illustrations and specially taken photographs by Mark Fiennes, who accompanied Susan Watkins on her journey in search of the true story behind the Queen across three countries.

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Languages : en
Pages : 398

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Author: Agnes Strickland
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Category : Princes
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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Author: Agnes STRICKLAND
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Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Author: Agnes Strickland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108026109
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 438

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Volume 1 (1850) of this pioneering work of women's history discusses Margaret Tudor, Magdalene of France and Mary of Lorraine.