Their enemies branded them both murderesses, whores and daughters of the devil. Elizabeth’s supporters anointed her a hero and savior, while Mary’s faithful invested her as a saint and martyr. Reigning side by side, but yet never meeting face-to-face, these queens were inexorably linked in a tumultuous relationship that, until now, has never fully been revealed and explored.
 Elizabeth &amp; Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens is master biographer Jane Dunn’s richly textured portrait of two incredible women. A story of a relationship punctuated by reversals of fortune; murder mysteries; sexual intrigue; reckless behavior, heated battles and cold war, Elizabeth &amp; Mary is staged against a past as dark and dangerous as it was vibrantly alive.
Dunn shows the indissoluble bond between the queens was forged by two opposing forces; their shared inheritance and rivalry for Elizabeth’s crown set against their natural solidarity as ruling females in an overwhelmingly masculine world. She delves behind Elizabeth’s reputation as steely virgin queen, using her celibacy as a weapon, valuing reason and duty above all. She looks at Mary as celebrity queen, femme fatale and flawed heroine, a woman who capped the theatre of her death in a brilliant cloak of redemption. And she corrects many misconceptions about her subjects, revealing Mary as a more serious contender for power than had been previously thought, and Elizabeth as far more vulnerable than her formidable reputation.
Intelligent and completely riveting, this beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated book masterfully juxtaposes the histories of two remarkable women, culminating in tragedy, as Elizabeth the victorhesitantlysigned her cousin’s death warrant.

Elizabeth And Mary

Biographies & Memoirs

Dunn, Jane

Community & Culture

HarperCollins Publishers

This is a joint biography of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, their reigns and relationship with each other. These rival queens, both with a claim to the English throne, embodied opposing characteristics, ideals of womanliness and divinely-ordained kingship, resulting in a relationship that is punctuated by murder and psychological and actual warfare. Jane Dunn marks the 400th centenary of Elizabeth's death, by chronicling the intrigues of the lives of the rival "sister queens". Dunn juxtaposes the histories of the two women and the power struggle that continued between them until Elizabeth asserted her authority and, albeit hesitantly, signed Mary's death warrant.

Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens

History

Europe

Harpercollins Pub Ltd

Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens

HarperPerennial

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. Elizabeth, however, was in anguish at having to sanction Mary's death warrant for treason. Working almost exclusively from contemporary letters and writings, she lets them speak to us across more than four hundred years, their voices and responses surprisingly familiar to our own, their characters vivid, by turns touching and terrible.

Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins@@ Rivals@@ Queens

Jane Dunn

Reference

Poland - A History

Adam Zamoyski

HarperPress / HarperCollins

Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation.
In 1797, Russia, Prussia and Austria divided Poland among themselves, rewriting Polish history to show that they had brought much-needed civilisation to a primitive backwater. But the country they wiped off the map had been one of Europe’s largest and most richly varied, born of diverse cultural traditions and one of the boldest constitutional experiments ever attempted. Its destruction ultimately led to two world wars and the Cold War.
Zamoyski’s fully revised history of Poland looks back over a thousand years of turmoil and triumph, chronicling how Poland has been restored at last to its rightful place in Europe.

Poland: A history

Zamoyski, Adam

William Collins

This student study aid includes key topics, true/false, multiple choice, essay, and map questions, as well as space for note-taking.

The Western heritage

Donald Kagan

Frank M. Turner

Steven E. Ozment

Macmillan

THE WESTERN HERITAGE, FOURTH EDITION DONALD KAGAN STEVEN OZMENT FRANK TURNER

The Western Heritage

Kagan, Donald

MacMillan Publishing Company

OneKey lets you into the best teaching and learning resources all in one place. OneKey for The Western Heritage, TLC Edition is all your students need for out-of-class work conveniently organized by chapter to reinforce and apply what they've learned in class and from the text. Among the resources available for each chapter are: a complete media-rich, interactive e-book version of The Western Heritage, TLC Edition, quizzes organized by the main topics of each chapter, primary source documents, map labeling and interactive map quizzes. OneKey is all you need to plan and administer your course. All your instructor resources are in one place to maximize your effectiveness and minimize your time and effort. Instructor material includes images and maps from The Western Heritage, TLC Edition hundreds of documents, video and audio clips, interactive learning activities, and PowerPoint presentations.

OneKey lets you into the best teaching and learning resources all in one place. OneKey for The Western Heritage, TLC Edition is all your students need for out-of-class work conveniently organized by chapter to reinforce and apply what they've learned in class and from the text. Among the resources available for each chapter are: a complete media-rich, interactive e-book version of The Western Heritage, TLC Edition, quizzes organized by the main topics of each chapter, primary source documents, map labeling and interactive map quizzes. OneKey is all you need to plan and administer your course. All your instructor resources are in one place to maximize your effectiveness and minimize your time and effort. Instructor material includes images and maps from The Western Heritage, TLC Edition hundreds of documents, video and audio clips, interactive learning activities, and PowerPoint presentations.

Prentice-Hall

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Elizabeth And Mary

Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens

Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens

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Poland - A History

Poland: A history

The Western heritage

The Western Heritage

The Western heritage

The Western heritage