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Tudors Versus Stewarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary, Queen of Scots

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Engelsk
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Historie

A study of the most celebrated family power struggle in British history.

“A wonderfully thorough history of the Scots that thankfully avoids dwelling on stories that have been explored countless times before—especially fitting now as Scotland decides whether to withdraw from the union with England.” —Kirkus Reviews

The war between the fertile Stewarts and the barren Tudors was crucial to the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. The legendary struggle, most famously embodied by the relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, was fueled by three generations of powerful Tudor and Stewart monarchs. It was the marriage of Margaret Tudor, elder sister of Henry VIII, to James IV of Scotland in 1503 that gave the Tudors a claim to the English throne—a claim which became the acknowledged ambition of Mary Queen of Scots and a major factor in her downfall.

Here is the story of divided families, of flamboyant kings and queens, cultured courts and tribal hatreds, blood feuds, rape and sexual license, of battles and violent deaths. It brings alive a neglected aspect of British history—the blood-spattered steps of two small countries on the northern fringes of Europe towards the union of their crowns. Beginning with the dramatic victories of two usurpers, Henry VII in England and James IV in Scotland, in the late fifteenth century, Linda Porter's Tudors Versus Stewarts sheds new light on Henry VIII, his daughter Elizabeth I and on his great-niece, Mary Queen of Scots, still seductive more than 400 years after her death.

“Porter’s highly readable account offers a fresh perspective for readers who look forward to each new book on the Tudors.” —Booklist

“Even Porter’s retelling of Mary’s life from birth until 1567, when she fled Scotland for England, provides fresh insights concerning that queen’s troubled reign and the causes behind her downfall, which, Porter argues, was not inevitable.” —Publishers Weekly

© 2024 St. Martin's Press (E-bog): 9781466842724

Release date

E-bog: 4. juni 2024

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