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<p><b>A fascinating and revealing new biography of Mary Queen of Scots, drawing on dozens of newly decoded letters.</b><...
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<p><b>A fascinating and revealing new biography of Mary Queen of Scots, drawing on dozens of newly decoded letters.</b><br><br>For almost two decades before her execution at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was a prisoner. From her chambers, she wrote <b>countless letters</b>, many <b>encrypted using complex ciphers</b> to prevent her communications from being intercepted.
In this way, she used language to exert her will and her influence, even while incarcerated.<br><br>More than 400 years after her death,<b> fifty-seven of these encoded letters </b>were unearthed in a French archive and decoded, a discovery described by experts as a ‘literary and historical sensation’ and <b>the most important new find</b> on Mary for more than a century.<br><br>In <i>Captive Queen: </i><i>The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots</i>, Jade Scott, a historian and expert on Mary’s correspondence, draws on these ground-breaking letters to paint <b>a vivid portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures</b>.
She interrogates Mary’s complex relationships with friends and enemies throughout her imprisonment, illuminating her strategic expertise and <b>bringing Mary’s captivity to life like never before</b>, in her own words.</p>
In this way, she used language to exert her will and her influence, even while incarcerated.<br><br>More than 400 years after her death,<b> fifty-seven of these encoded letters </b>were unearthed in a French archive and decoded, a discovery described by experts as a ‘literary and historical sensation’ and <b>the most important new find</b> on Mary for more than a century.<br><br>In <i>Captive Queen: </i><i>The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots</i>, Jade Scott, a historian and expert on Mary’s correspondence, draws on these ground-breaking letters to paint <b>a vivid portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures</b>.
She interrogates Mary’s complex relationships with friends and enemies throughout her imprisonment, illuminating her strategic expertise and <b>bringing Mary’s captivity to life like never before</b>, in her own words.</p>
Format | Inbunden |
Omfång | 304 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Michael O'Mara Books Ltd |
Utgivningsdatum | 2024-10-24 |
ISBN | 9781789296464 |
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- Inbunden, 304, Engelska, Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 2024-10-24, 9781789296464
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- Format Inbunden
- Antal sidor 304
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
- Utgivningsdatum 2024-10-24
- ISBN 9781789296464