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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783997703321

Autore

Lewis Jayne Elizabeth

Titolo

Mary Queen of Scots : romance and nation / / Jayne Elizabeth Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-82218-9

1-134-82219-7

1-280-14440-8

0-203-97768-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Disciplina

941.105/092

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Soggetti

Queens - Scotland

Scotland History Mary Stuart, 1542-1567

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgments; 1 "The finest she that ever was"; 2 "The treason of pity"; 3 "A new and unexampled kindof tomb"; 4 "False kindred"; 5 "The sorrow of seeing the queen"; 6 "Dozens of ugly Mary Queenof Scotts"; 7 Guilt and vindication; 8 Victoria's other woman; 9 A"laboured illusion" vanishes; Notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This examines the enigma of Mary Queen of Scots by exploring the history of her representation in Britain from the late Tudor period to the end of the first World War.