Two Queens in One Isle: The Deadly Relationship of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots
by Alison Plowden
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The relationship between Queen Elizabeth I of England and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, is one of the most complex, tempestuous and fascinating in history. United in blood but divided by religion, the two women were in some ways uniquely close; in others, poles apart. Championed by English Catholics as the rightful Queen of England, Mary was nevertheless given protection by her cousin after she was deposed amid outrage at her immoral behaviour. Rumours of papist plots involving Mary were show more rife and Elizabeth was put under extreme pressure to be rid of this dangerous threat to her sovereignty and to the Protestant church in England. After much reluctance and procrastination Elizabeth finally signed Mary's death warrant. Alison Plowden shows how political fear brought out the worst and yet the best in these women, and how history was overshadowed for centuries afterwards. show lessTags
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This slim book was a charity shop impulse purchase, which worked well as a book to read on the bus, mostly in 10-15 minute instalments. It charts the life of Mary and the Scottish situation before her and how Mary's position as Elizabeth's cousin and potential heir set them on a collision course.
I liked it but had to look up a lot of words because it was in the old english without explanation - was a bit frustrating. There were a few new things I learned but the majority I already knew from other books I have read.
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Alison Plowden worked at the BBC as a script editor in Features and Drama, before leaving to work as a full-time writer. She specialises in the Tudor and Stuart periods and has had numerous books published. She has also written radio scripts and two series for television, one of which, Mistress of Hardwick, won the Writers' Guild Award for Best show more Educational Television show less
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- Canonical title
- Two Queens in One Isle: The Deadly Relationship of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots
- Original publication date
- 1984
- People/Characters
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Mary, Queen of Scots; William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley; Charles IX, King of France; James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton; Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (show all 23); Edward VI, King of England; François II, King of France; Henry VIII, King of England; James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell; Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk; James VI and I, King of Scots and King of England; James V, King of Scots; William Maitland of Lethington; Mary of Guise, Queen Regent of Scotland; Mary I, Queen of England; Philip I, King of Spain; David Riccio; Guzman de Silva; James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; Sir Nicholas Throckmorton; Sir Francis Walsingham
- Important places
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; London, England, UK
- Epigraph
- 'Nothing should be left undone to perfect the amity betwixt the two Queens in one isle.' Francis, Duke of Guise
- First words
- Prologue -- On Thursday, 28 April 1603 the royal suburb of Westminster was packed solid with 'multitudes of all sorts of people' crowding the streets, leaning out of windows, standing on rooftops and gutters, clinging preca... (show all)riously to every point of vantage to watch the passing of a great funeral procession.
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 942.05 — History & geography History of Europe England and Wales England 1485-1603, Tudors
- LCC
- DA355 .P5667 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Modern, 1485- Tudors, 1485-1603 Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Elizabethan age
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- Reviews
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- (3.08)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
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