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The betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots : Elizabeth I and her greatest rival / Kate Williams.
A history of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I, two women struggling for supremacy in a man's world, describes how their bonds of friendship sustained them until jealousy and antipathy turned them into enemies.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643130002 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: viii, 407 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-392) and index. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 942.0550922 Wil | 31681010147635 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
From the New York Times best-selling author of Becoming Queen Victoria comes a new history of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I that reveals how the most important relationship of their lifeâtheir friendshipâchanged them forever. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
A history of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I, two women struggling for supremacy in a man's world, describes how their bonds of friendship sustained them until jealousy and antipathy turned them into enemies. - Simon and Schuster
From the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Queen Victoria, a new history of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I that reveals how the most important relationship of their life'their friendship'changed them forever.Â
Elizabeth and Mary were cousins and queens, but eventually it became impossible for them to live together in the same world.This is the story of two women struggling for supremacy in a man's world, when no one thought a woman could govern. They both had to negotiate with men'those who wanted their power and those who wanted their bodies'who were determined to best them. In their worlds, female friendship and alliances were unheard of, but for many years theirs was the only friendship that endured. They were as fascinated by each other as lovers; until they became enemies. Enemies so angry and broken that one of them had to die, and so Elizabeth ordered the execution of Mary.But first they were each other's lone female friends in a violent man's world. Their relationship was one of love, affection, jealousy, antipathy ' and finally death. This book tells the story of Mary and Elizabeth as never before, focusing on their emotions and probing deeply into their intimate lives as women and queens.They loved each other, they hated each other'and in the end they could never escape each other. - Simon and Schuster
From the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Queen Victoria, a new history of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I that reveals how the most important relationship of their life'their friendship'changed them forever.Â
Elizabeth and Mary were cousins and queens, but eventually it became impossible for them to live together in the same world.This is the story of two women struggling for supremacy in a man's world, when no one thought a woman could govern. They both had to negotiate with men'those who wanted their power and those who wanted their bodies'who were determined to best them. In their worlds, female friendship and alliances were unheard of, but for many years theirs was the only friendship that endured. They were as fascinated by each other as lovers; until they became enemies. Enemies so angry and broken that one of them had to die, and so Elizabeth ordered the execution of Mary.But first they were each other's lone female friends in a violent man's world. Their relationship was one of love, affection, jealousy, antipathy ' and finally death. This book tells the story of Mary and Elizabeth as never before, focusing on their emotions and probing deeply into their intimate lives as women and queens.They loved each other, they hated each other'and in the end they could never escape each other. - WW Norton
This is the story of two women struggling for supremacy in a manâs world, when no one thought a woman could govern. They both had to negotiate with menâthose who wanted their power and those who wanted their bodiesâwho were determined to best them. In their worlds, female friendship and alliances were unheard of, but for many years theirs was the only friendship that endured. They were as fascinated by each other as lovers; until they became enemies. Enemies so angry and broken that one of them had to die, and so Elizabeth ordered the execution of Mary.But first they were each otherâs lone female friends in a violent manâs world. Their relationship was one of love, affection, jealousy, antipathyâand finally death. This book tells the story of Mary and Elizabeth as never before, focusing on their emotions and probing deeply into their intimate lives as women and queens. They loved each other, they hated each otherâand in the end they could never escape each other. - WW Norton
Becoming Queen Victoria
