The Other Tudor Princess (eBook)

Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII's Niece

Mary McGrigor (Autor)

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2015 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6319-0 (ISBN)

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The Other Tudor Princess brings to life the story of Margaret Douglas, a shadowy and mysterious character in Tudor history - but who now takes centre stage in this tale of the bitter struggle for power during the reign of Henry VIII. Margaret is Henry's beloved niece, but she defies the king by indulging in two scandalous affairs and is imprisoned in the Tower of London on three occasions 'not for matters of treason, but for love'. Yet, when Henry turns against his second wife Anne Boleyn and declares his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, bastards, it is Margaret he appoints as his heir to the throne. The arrangement of the marriage of Margaret's son, Lord Darnley, to his cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots unites their claim to the throne and infuriates Queen Elizabeth. Yet this match brings tragedy, as Margaret's son is brutally murdered. As Margaret reaches old age, her place in the dynasty is still not safe, and she dies in mysterious circumstances - was Margaret poisoned on the orders of Queen Elizabeth? Mary McGrigor tells this compelling and exciting part of Tudor history for the first time with all the passion and thrill of a novel, but this is no fiction - the untold story runs through the course of history, and Margaret secured the throne for her Stuart ancestors for years to come.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.1.2015
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: affairs • Anne Boleyn • claim to the throne • history of the tudors • history of the tudors, the stuarts, women in history, women's history • King Henry VIII • Lord Darnley • Margaret douglas henry viii’s niece, king henry viii, tudor history, affairs, scandal, royal scandal, the tower of London, anne Boleyn, queen mary i, queen Elizabeth I, lord Darnley, mary queen of scots, claim to the throne, tudor throne, tudor dynasty, stuart ancestors, the tudors, tudor, • margaret douglas, king henry viii, henry viii, henry viii's niece, tower of london, anne boleyn, elizabeth I, mary I, tudor, tudors, the tudors, tudor history, history of the tudors, lord darnley. mary queen of scots, queen elizabeth i, stuarts, women in history, women's history • Mary Queen of Scots • Queen Elizabeth I • Queen Mary I • royal scandal • scandal • stuart ancestors • the Stuarts • the tower of london • The Tudors • Tudor • tudor dynasty • Tudor history • tudor throne • Women in History • women's history|Margaret douglas henry viii’s niece
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-6319-0 / 0750963190
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-6319-0 / 9780750963190