The Trials Of Frances Howard

Author : David Lindley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135082235
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trials of Frances Howard written by David Lindley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Lindley re-examines the murder trials of Frances Howard and the historical representations of her as `wife, a witch, a murderess and a whore', challenging the assumptions that have constructed her as a model of female villainy.

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 : Kevin Curran
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754663515
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marriage, Performance, and Politics at the Jacobean Court written by Kevin Curran and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marriage, Performance, and Politics at the Jacobean Court constitutes the first full-length study of Jacobean nuptial performance. Scripted for high-profile weddings by such writers as Jonson, Campion, Chapman, and Beaumont, these entertainments were mounted for some of the most significant political events of King James's English reign and played a key role in the development of a specifically Jacobean form of national identity.

Author : E C Fremantle
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1405920076
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poison Bed written by E C Fremantle and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A gripping psychological thriller. Readers will be awake deep into the night, trying to untangle the truth' The Times 'Books of the Year' A marriage. A murder. One of them will hang for it. ________ Autumn, 1615. Frances Carr is imprisoned in a cold, lightless room. She is accused of murder. In a cell nearby is her co-accused - her husband Robert. Kept apart, Frances can only tell her side of the story. How did she come to be here? Can she somehow prove her innocence? And what lengths will she go to to save herself? __________ 'Engaging, vivid and revelling in historical detail' Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent 'The Miniaturist meets Gone Girl. Gripping and full of surprises' BBC History 'Books of the Year' 'A tale of intrigue and ambition, this is a rich and fascinating book' Guardian 'Immaculately detailed, dark, clever and compulsive' Daily Mail

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 : Frances Noyes Hart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bellamy Trial written by Frances Noyes Hart and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Knowles
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137432012
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and Political Culture in the Court Masque written by J. Knowles and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics and Political Culture in the Court Masque considers the interconnections of the masque and political culture. It examines how masques responded to political forces and voices beyond the court, and how masques explored the limits of political speech in the Jacobean and Caroline periods.

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 : Diane Purkiss
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134882386
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Witch in History written by Diane Purkiss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Diane Purkiss ... insists on taking witches seriously. Her refusal to write witch-believers off as unenlightened has produced some richly intelligent meditations on their -- and our -- world.' - The Observer 'An invigorating and challenging book ... sets many hares running.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement

Author : Lucy Jago
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526616610
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Net for Small Fishes written by Lucy Jago and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel AwardA GUARDIAN SUMMER READING PICK'Sumptuous ... If you're feeling bereft after finishing The Mirror and the Light, let Jago transport you to the Jacobean court' Telegraph 'A bravura historical debut ... a gloriously immersive escape' Guardian -------------------------------------------------Frances Howard has beauty and a powerful family - and is the most unhappy creature in the world.Anne Turner has wit and talent - but no stage on which to display them. Little stands between her and the abyss of destitution.When these two very different women meet in the strangest of circumstances, a powerful friendship is sparked. Frankie sweeps Anne into a world of splendour that exceeds all she imagined: a Court whose foreign king is a stranger to his own subjects; where ancient families fight for power, and where the sovereign's favourite may rise and rise - so long as he remains in favour.With the marriage of their talents, Anne and Frankie enter this extravagant, savage hunting ground, seeking a little happiness for themselves. But as they gain notice, they also gain enemies; what began as a search for love and safety leads to desperate acts that could cost them everything. Based on the true scandal that rocked the court of James I, A Net for Small Fishes is the most gripping novel you'll read this year: an exhilarating dive into the pitch-dark waters of the Jacobean court.-------------------------------------------------'Full of colour and intrigue ... Historical fiction at its scintillating best and most filmic' Susan Elderkin 'The Thelma and Louise of the seventeenth century ... Gut-wrenching' Lawrence Norfolk'Terrific, rich in colour, character, place and time' Sarah Dunant 'A fabulous book. Frankie and Anne's world is not just brilliantly evoked but brilliantly sustained' Andrew Miller 'Dazzling' Sunday Independent