The Overbury Mystery

Author : Sir Edward Abbott Parry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Overbury Mystery written by Sir Edward Abbott Parry and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerning the events leading up to the death of Sir Thomas Overbury, and the arraignment of Lady Frances Howard, the Earl of Essex, and their agents for his murder.

Author : Anne Somerset
Publisher : George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
ISBN 13 : 9780297813101
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unnatural Murder written by Anne Somerset and published by George Weidenfeld & Nicholson. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the autumn of 1615 the Earl and Countess of Somerset were detained on suspicion of having murdered Sir Thomas Overbury. The arrest of these leading court figures created a sensation. The Countess was both young and beautiful: the Earl was one of the richest and most powerful men in the kingdom, having risen to prominence as the male 'favourite' of the monarch James I. In a vivid narrative, Anne Somerset unravels these extraordinary events, which were widely regarded as an extreme manifestation of the corruption and vice which disfigured the court during this period. It is at once a story rich in passion and intrigue and a murder mystery, for, despite the guilty verdicts, there is much about Overbury's death that remains enigmatic. The Overbury murder case profoundly damaged the monarchy, and constituted the greatest court scandal in English history.

Author : Sir Edward Abbott PARRY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Overbury Mystery. A Chronicle of Fact and Drama of the Law. [With a Portrait.] (Second Impression.). written by Sir Edward Abbott PARRY and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Harris
Publisher : Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Passion, Poison, and Power written by Brian Harris and published by Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little attention was paid at the time to the death in the Tower of London of Sir Thomas Overbury, but it was not long before foul play was suspected. In this entertaining account of one of the most sensational crimes in English history, Brian Harris re-evaluates the evidence and proposes a new solution to this intriguing Jacobean mystery.

Author : Alastair Bellany
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521035439
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Court Scandal in Early Modern England written by Alastair Bellany and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-29 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a detailed 2002 study of the political significance of the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 1613.

Author : Edward Abbott Parry
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781258216511
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Overbury Mystery written by Edward Abbott Parry and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The Series Making Of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926.

Author : Timothy Venning
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399054287
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Royal Mysteries of the Stuart and Georgian Periods written by Timothy Venning and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is nothing new under the sun', a phrase ascribed originally to King Solomon, applies to the present book, with echoes of 'modern' themes exposing royal scandal, sex, corruption, political absolutism - attempted - religious controversy, danger of mass-terrorism, murder and 'suspicious' deaths, 'fake news' and international threat from superpowers. And all focusing on inside stories which today would be 'investigative journalism' with huge popular media interest. This is history for both specialists and, especially, for general readers, given media interest, including TV and film coverage in 'exciting' popular history, as set out by the author. The earlier 'Royal Mysteries' in the series were full of tragedy, suffering, pathos, heroism and romance, but the present set are equally interesting and disturbing and revisionist. These include the alleged attempt to murder James I and VI before the became King of England; the scandal at court involving 'poisoned tarts', James' 'toy-boy', and a subsequent murder trial. And the following questions and mysteries: did Charles II really promise to convert to Catholicism to please Louis XIV; did Charles marry his mistress Lucy Walter, mother of rebel Duke of Monmouth; was James II and VII an enlightened religious reformer or trying to convert England to Catholicism - the religion of European superpowers; did George I 'disappear' (a 'hit' in modern terms) his divorced wife's lover before ascending the English throne; did the unpopular Duke of Cumberland murder his gay lover; did the hugely admired 'respectable' George III, devoted husband and father, marry a middle-class Quaker woman?

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 926 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nation written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nation and the Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1098 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book Review Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, drawn from coverage of 109 publications. Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language. Reviews of the following types of books are excluded: government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law. Reviews of books on science for the general reader, however, are included. The reviews originate in a group of selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. - Publisher.