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So High a Blood
- The Life of Margaret, Countess of Lennox
Engelsk Paperback

So High a Blood

- The Life of Margaret, Countess of Lennox
Engelsk Paperback

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‘Expertly researched, zestfully written, acutely intelligent in its historical judgements, this masterly biography finally does justice to a forgotten Tudor princess’ John Guy

Sometime heir to the English throne, courtier in danger of losing her head, spy-mistress and would-be architect of a united Catholic Britain: Lady Margaret Douglas is the Tudor who survived and triumphed —but at a terrible cost.

Niece to Henry VIII and half-sister to James V of Scotland, the beautiful and Catholic Margaret held a unique position in the English court. Throughout her life, she was to navigate treacherous waters: survival demanded it. Yet Margaret was no passive pawn. As the Protestant Reformations unfolded across the British Isles, she had ambitions of her own: to see her family rule a united, Catholic Britain. When her niece Mary, Queen of Scots was widowed, Margaret saw her chance. Thoroughly Machiavellian, she set in motion a chain of events that would see her descendants succeed to the crowns of England, Ireland and Scotland.

Drawing on previously unexamined archival sources, So High a Blood revives the story of Lady Margaret Douglas to vivid and captivating effect.





Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
368
ISBN-13:
9781408859698
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1408859696
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Udg. Dato:
8 mar 2018
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
129mm
Højde:
197mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
8 mar 2018
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