The other queen / by Philippa Gregory.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Touchstone Book, 2008.Edition: 1st Touchstone hardcover edDescription: 440 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 1416549129
- 1416549145 (trade paper : alk. paper)
- 1439126666
- 9781416549123
- 9781416549147 (trade paper : alk. paper)
- 9781439126660
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 -- Fiction
- Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of, 1527?-1608 -- Fiction
- Abandoned wives -- Fiction
- Ambition -- Fiction
- Married men -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Murder victims -- Fiction
- Sixteenth century -- Fiction
- Traitors -- Fiction
- Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567 -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction
- Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567 -- Fiction
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Gregory Philippa | Available | 33111008191997 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" ( USA TODAY ) Philippa Gregory--a dazzling new novel about the intriguing, romantic, and maddening Mary, Queen of Scots.
Fleeing violent rebellions in Scotland, Mary looks to Queen Elizabeth of England for sanctuary. Though promised protection, Mary, perceived as a serious threat to the English crown, is soon imprisoned by her former friend as a "guest" in the house of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife, Bess of Hardwick. The newly married couple welcomes the condemned queen into their home, certain that serving as her hosts and jailers will bring them an advantage in the cutthroat world of the Elizabethan court.
To their horror, they grow to realize that the task will bankrupt their estate and lose them what little favor they've managed to gain as their home becomes the epicenter of intrigue and rebellion against Queen Elizabeth. And Mary is not as hopeless as she appears, manipulating the earl and spinning her own web of treachery and deceit, as she sharpens her weapons to reclaim her Scottish throne--and to take over Queen Elizabeth's of England.
This dazzling novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the guest of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife, Bess of Hardwick. The newly married couple welcome the doomed queen into their home, certain that serving as her hosts and jailers will bring them an advantage in the cutthroat world of the Elizabethan court. To their horror, they find that the task will bankrupt them, and as their home becomes the epicenter of intrigue and rebellion against Elizabeth, their loyalty to each other and to their sovereign comes into question. If Mary succeeds in seducing the earl into her own web of treachery and treason, or if the great spymaster William Cecil links them to the growing conspiracy to free Mary from her illegal imprisonment, they will all face the headsman.