Catalina de Aragón, Ana Bolena, Juana Seymour, Ana de Cleves, Catalina Howard y Catalina Parr: seis mujeres cuyos nombres y vidas se encuentran inevitablemente vinculados a Enrique VIII. Las seis esposas del rey, no obstante, merecen algo más que responder a un simple estereotipo femenino (la mujer traicionada, la seductora, la bondadosa, la perversa, la mala o la esposa madre) que las ha definido como consortes.
With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of November 5 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot. 'Told with impressive scholarship and panache.The result is a narrative that is clear, balanced, and builds to its denouement with a sense of pace and tension worthy of a John le Carre novel' John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph
Reina María de Escocia pasó su infancia en Francia y se casó con el Delfín para convertirse en reina de Francia a la edad de dieciséis años. Viudo menos de dos años más tarde, regresó a Escocia como la reina después de una ausencia de trece años. Su vida entonces entró en su mejor etapa conocida: las primeras luchas con John Knox, y la nobleza escocesa rebelde, el matrimonio fatal para Darnley y su misteriosa muerte, su matrimonio con Bothwell, el principal sospechoso, que llevaba directamente a su largo cautiverio en Inglés las manos de la reina Isabel, la historia conmovedora y extraordinaria de su largo encarcelamiento, que terminó con la trama laberíntica Babington para liberarla, y su ejecución a la edad de cuarenta y cuatro.
More than four hundred years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was first published in 1969, became an international bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phas: the early struggles with John Knox, and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her, and her execution at the age of forty-four. Antonia Fraser's biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, and provides a moving answer to the question, `What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?'
"A book that will leave few readers unmoved." -- "San Francisco Chronicle" "She was sometimes reviled as a scheming whore, sometimes revered as a misunderstood martyr. But she was invariably regarded as fascinating. Antonia Fraser's richly readable biography demonstrates that Mary's great fascination continues unabated." -- "Time" "One of the most fascinating figures in history." -- "The Columbus Dispatch" "Compassionate, illuminating, rich in human interest." -- "The New York Times" "With grace, sensitivity and a sharp eye for detail, Lady Antonia Fraser has succeeded not only in recapturing the real Mary from the symbol but also in illuminating the chaotic age in which she lived." -- "Newsweek" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
