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Author : Mary (Queen of Scots)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Life of Mary, Queen of Scots. [By James Grant.] written by Mary (Queen of Scots) and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jane Dunn
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307425746
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Elizabeth and Mary written by Jane Dunn and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446411869
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)
Download or read book Royal Road to Fotheringay written by Jean Plaidy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the pen of international multi-million copy bestseller Jean Plaidy comes a rare insight in to the complicated and passionate emotions of Mary Queen of Scots - hers is a tale of love, romance, politics, plotting and bloody murder... Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory. 'This must surely rank best, or near it, of the many novels about this sadly fascinating woman' -- Birmingham Mail 'These books are page-turners; they offer a wonderful way to learn about history, their heroines are smart, strong and in control of their destinies and their stories will remain with you for ever...They are a celebration of women's spirit throughout history.' -- Daily Express 'Gripping and exciting' -- ***** Reader review 'Captivating' -- ***** Reader review 'Spellbinding' -- ***** Reader review 'Jean Plaidy at her best!!!' -- ***** Reader review 'I was gripped from the first page' -- ***** Reader review 'A riveting read' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************* At just six days old, Mary Stuart became Queen of Scots. At just six years old she was betrothed to the Dauphin François, the future King of France. Reluctantly leaving Scotland, Mary is raised in the decadent French court in preparation to become the Queen of France. But her reign with François is short-lived. Widowed at just eighteen years old, Mary is once again forced to leave her home to return to Scotland. Now a Catholic queen of a Protestant country, Mary must rule with caution and choose her next husband prudently...
Author : Sarah Morris
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (719 download)
Download or read book Le Temps Viendra written by Sarah Morris and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2013-12-14 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne is a young twenty-first century woman in the midst of a life-long love affair with the sixteenth century and the enigmatic Anne Boleyn. Following on from the end of Volume I, having been taken ill during a visit to the British Library, for the second time, Anne is catapulted back 500 years and into the body of her heroine. From the zenith of Anne Boleyn's power and influence, to the dark days of her brutal downfall, the modern-day Anne experiences both triumph and tragey, as well as uncovering the secret that lies behind her twenty-first century relationship with her lover, Daniel.'Le Temps Viendra: A Novel of Anne Boleyn' is a timeless story of passion, ambition and betrayal; it is also an enduring story of an intense love forged between two souls who are bound together for all eternity.
Author : Kate Williams
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409037010
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Rival Queens written by Kate Williams and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ___________________________________ 'Scintillating, provocative... An elegant synthesis of royal biography and political thriller.' Daily Telegraph A Times History Book of the Year: a story which inspired the Hollywood film MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Mary, Queen of Scots & Elizabeth I of England. Two powerful monarchs on a single island. Threatened by voices who believed no woman could govern. Surrounded by sycophants, spies and detractors. Accosted for their dominion, their favour and their bodies. Besieged by secret plots, devastating betrayals and a terrible final act. Only one queen could survive to rule all. ___________________________________ 'Brings us a fresh Mary, set in a gloriously rich context, a tragic heroine - irresistibly real and relevant... There isn't a line wasted in this taut, dramatic and utterly beguiling biography.' Charles Spencer author of Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I 'The perfect combination of scholarship and storytelling, meticulous research and emotional insight, Kate Williams brings Mary vividly to life in all her complexities and contradictions.' Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers 'It takes a special kind of historian to turn an old story on its head. Eye-opening, provocative, this is the great rivalry re-imagined for the #MeToo generation.' Lucy Worsley
Author : Roy Calley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445659428
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (594 download)
Download or read book On the Trail of Mary, Queen of Scots written by Roy Calley and published by . This book was released on 2018-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Mary, Queen of Scots through the resplendent castles, towering cathedrals, manor houses and chapels associated with her turbulent life.
Author : David A. Carpenter
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520072398
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (723 download)
Download or read book The Minority of Henry III written by David A. Carpenter and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Claire Ridgway
Publisher : Madeglobal Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788494372193
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (721 download)
Download or read book On This Day in Tudor History written by Claire Ridgway and published by Madeglobal Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On This Day in Tudor History" gives a day-by-day look at events from the Tudor era, including births, deaths, baptisms, marriages, battles, arrests, executions and more. This must-have book for Tudor history lovers is perfect for: - Dipping into daily over your morning coffee - Using in the classroom - Trivia nights and quizzes - Finding out what happened on your birthday or special day - Wowing friends and family with your Tudor history knowledge - Researching the Tudor period Written by best-selling Tudor history author Claire Ridgway, "On This Day in Tudor History" contains a wealth of information about your favourite Tudor monarchs, their subjects and the times they lived in. Did you know: on 17th January 1569 Agnes Bowker gave birth to a cat?
Author : Amy Licence
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445621320
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Cecily Neville written by Amy Licence and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the true story of Richard III’s mother, one of her era’s great survivors
Author : John D. Staines
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351881027
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book The Tragic Histories of Mary Queen of Scots, 1560-1690 written by John D. Staines and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author John Staines here argues that sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writers in England, Scotland, and France wrote tragedies of the Queen of Scots - royal heroine or tyrant, martyr or whore - in order to move their audiences towards political action by shaping and directing the passions generated by the spectacle of her fall. In following the retellings of her history from her lifetime through the revolutions and political experiments of the seventeenth century, this study identifies two basic literary traditions of her tragedy: one conservative, sentimental, and royalist, the other radical, skeptical, and republican. Staines provides new readings of Spenser and Milton, as well as of early modern dramatists, to compile a comprehensive study of the writings about this important historical and literary figure. He charts developments in public rhetoric and political writing from the Elizabethan period through the Restoration, using the emotional representations of the life of this tragic woman and queen to explore early modern experiments in addressing and moving a public audience. By exploring the writing and rewriting of the tragic histories of the Queen of Scots, this book reveals the importance of literature as a force in the redefinition of British political life between 1560 and 1690.
Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 030735198X
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Captive Queen of Scots written by Jean Plaidy and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama.”—The New York Times “Burn the murderess!” So begins The Captive Queen of Scots, the epic tale of the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart, cousin to Queen Elizabeth of England. After her husband, Lord Darnley, is murdered, suspicion falls on Mary and her lover, the Earl of Bothwell. A Catholic in a land of stern Protestants, Mary finds herself in the middle of a revolt, as her bloodthirsty subjects call for her arrest and execution. In disgrace, she flees her Scottish persecutors for England, where she appeals to Queen Elizabeth for mercy, but to no avail. Throughout Mary’s long years as the Queen’s prisoner, she conceives many bold plans for revenge and escaping to freedom—but the gallows of Fotheringhay Castle loom . . . Set against royal pageantry, religious strife, and bloody uprising—and filled with conspiracies, passion, heartbreak, and fascinating historical detail—The Captive Queen of Scots is an unforgettable tale of the intense rivalry between two powerful women of noble blood.
Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0307431479
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley written by Alison Weir and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Linda Porter
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0230771696
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Crown of Thistles written by Linda Porter and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle between the fecund Stewarts and the barren Tudors is generally seen only in terms of the relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots. But very little has been said about the background to their intense rivalry. Here, Linda Porter examines the ancient and intractable power struggle between England and Scotland, a struggle intensified during the reigns of Elizabeth and Mary's grandfathers. Henry VII aimed to provide stability when he married his daughter, Margaret, to James IV of Scotland in 1503. But he must also have known that Margaret's descendants might seek to rule the entire island. Crown of Thistles is the story of a divided family, of flamboyant kings and queens, cultured courts and tribal hatreds, blood feuds, rape and sexual licence on a breath-taking scale, and violent deaths. It also brings alive a neglected aspect of British history - the blood-spattered steps of two small countries on the fringes of Europe towards an awkward unity that would ultimately forge a great nation. Beginning with the unlikely and dramatic victories of two usurping kings, one a rank outsider and the other a fourteen-year-old boy who rebelled against his own father, the book sheds new light on Henry VIII, his daughter, Elizabeth, and on his great-niece, Mary Queen of Scots, still seductive more than 400 years after her death.
Author : Joyce Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781899874033
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (74 download)
Download or read book A Wee Guide to Mary, Queen of Scots written by Joyce Miller and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent little book detailing the life and times of the tragic queen.
Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Robert Hale
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Mary Queen of Scots written by Jean Plaidy and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1975 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and accompanying illustrations present the biography of Mary Stuart who succeeded to the throne when she was six days old. The biography attempts to dispel the myth that she was the "Fair Devil of Scotland" and tries to show that she was a warm, tolerant, and enlightened woman.
Author : Robert Stedall
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846246466
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (462 download)
Download or read book The Challenge to the Crown written by Robert Stedall and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Queen of Scots: Catholic martyr or manipulative femme fatale On 10 February 1567, conspirators bent on killing Henry, Lord Darnley, King-Consort of Mary Queen of Scots successfully razed his Edinburgh residence at Kirk o' Field in a huge explosion. Soon afterwards, Darnley's partially-clothed body was discovered in a nearby orchard, strangled to death by an unknown assailant. Rumours of Mary's involvement in his murder quickly surfaced. Placards across Edinburgh implied that she had provoked the Earl of Bothwell into killing her husband in a crime of passion. This became more plausible when she tried to avoid having to prosecute him for the murder, and subsequently married him, encouraged by her most senior Protestant nobles. While Mary's motives for the marriage might be explained by her need for his protection, those of the Nobility who had encourage it are confusing. Why would they want a union, which would inevitably place Bothwell, a man they hated, as head of government? Was their motif to associate her in the murder plot? Mary's involvement in Darnley's murder has remained one of the great historical mysteries. Genealogist and author Robert Stedall has spent ten years researching the inter-marriages within Scottish peerage to provide an explanation for their motives in removing Mary from the throne. In this first volume, of his two volume history of Mary and James, he explains in vivid detail the switching allegiances of the nobility, and can reveal for the first time, the gripping true story of Mary's downfall and imprisonment.
Author : J. Keith Cheetham
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 9780946487509
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book On the Trail of Mary Queen of Scots written by J. Keith Cheetham and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the tumultuous life of Mary Stuart, who became queen at the age of one week and was eventually beheaded for plotting against her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I
