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Elizabeth And Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Elizabeth And Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens about?
This is the first biography of the fateful relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. It was the defining relationship of their lives, and marked the intersection of the great Tudor and Stuart dynasties, a landmark event in British history. Distinguished biographer Jane Dunn reveals an extraordinary story of two queens ruling in one isle, both embodying opposing qualities of character, ideals of womanliness and of divinely ordained kingship. Theirs is a drama of sex and power, recklessness, ambition and political intrigue, with a rivalry that could only be resolved by death. As regent queens in an overwhelmingly masculine world, they were deplored for their femininity, compared unfavourably with each other, and courted by the same men. By placing this dynamic and ever-changing relationship at the centre of the book, Dunn throws new light and meaning on the complexity of their natures. She reveals an Elizabeth revolutionary in her insistence on ruling alone, while Mary is not the romantic victim of history, but a courageous adventurer with a reckless heart. Vengeful against her enemies and the more ruthless of the two, she was untroubled by plotting Elizabeth's murder
Who reads Elizabeth And Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jane Dunn
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Uk
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780007369553
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 4.04 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14