Author: Tony Riches
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
What makes the queen's young favourite turn against her? Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, is one of the most intriguing men of the Elizabethan period. Tall and handsome, he soon becomes a 'favourite' at court, so close to the queen many wonder if they are lovers. The truth is far more complex, as each has what the other yearns for. Robert Devereux longs for recognition, wealth and influence. His flamboyant naïveté amuses the ageing Queen Elizabeth, like the son she never had, and his vitality makes her feel young. Continuing the story of the Tudors, begun in Tony Riches' best-selling Tudor trilogy, this epic tale of loyalty, love and adventure follows Robert from his youth to his fateful rebellion.
Essex - Tudor Rebel
Author: Tony Riches
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
What makes the queen's young favourite turn against her? Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, is one of the most intriguing men of the Elizabethan period. Tall and handsome, he soon becomes a 'favourite' at court, so close to the queen many wonder if they are lovers. The truth is far more complex, as each has what the other yearns for. Robert Devereux longs for recognition, wealth and influence. His flamboyant naïveté amuses the ageing Queen Elizabeth, like the son she never had, and his vitality makes her feel young. Continuing the story of the Tudors, begun in Tony Riches' best-selling Tudor trilogy, this epic tale of loyalty, love and adventure follows Robert from his youth to his fateful rebellion.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
What makes the queen's young favourite turn against her? Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, is one of the most intriguing men of the Elizabethan period. Tall and handsome, he soon becomes a 'favourite' at court, so close to the queen many wonder if they are lovers. The truth is far more complex, as each has what the other yearns for. Robert Devereux longs for recognition, wealth and influence. His flamboyant naïveté amuses the ageing Queen Elizabeth, like the son she never had, and his vitality makes her feel young. Continuing the story of the Tudors, begun in Tony Riches' best-selling Tudor trilogy, this epic tale of loyalty, love and adventure follows Robert from his youth to his fateful rebellion.
The last days of Mary Stuart [by E. Finch].
The Last Days of Mary Stuart
Author: Mary (Queen of Scots)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Mary Stuart
Author: Agnes Strickland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Princes
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Princes
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The Challenge to the Crown
Author: Robert Stedall
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 1846246466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 1846246466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
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.
The History of England
Author: Emily Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest
Arbella Stuart
Author: Jill Armitage
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445650207
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
The woman expected to succeed the Virgin Queen
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445650207
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
The woman expected to succeed the Virgin Queen
The Tragic Histories of Mary Queen of Scots, 1560-1690
Author: John D. Staines
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754666110
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Charting developments in public rhetoric and political writing from the Elizabethan period through the Restoration, John Staines here explores the political consequences of the emotions generated by the image of Mary Queen of Scots, tragic woman and queen. This study identifies two basic literary traditions of her tragedy: one conservative, sentimental, and royalist, the other radical, skeptical, and republican.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754666110
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Charting developments in public rhetoric and political writing from the Elizabethan period through the Restoration, John Staines here explores the political consequences of the emotions generated by the image of Mary Queen of Scots, tragic woman and queen. This study identifies two basic literary traditions of her tragedy: one conservative, sentimental, and royalist, the other radical, skeptical, and republican.
Elizabeth's Spymaster
Author: Robert Hutchinson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312368224
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 413
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Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312368224
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
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