Henrietta maria
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A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, which retells the dramatic story of the civil war from her perspective
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE
Henrietta Maria, Charles I's queen, is the most reviled consort in British history. Condemned as the 'Popish brat of France' and a 'notorious whore', she remains in popular memory the woman who turned the king Catholic - so causing a civil war - and a cruel and bigoted mother.
Leanda de Lisle unpicks these myths to reveal a very different queen. We meet a new bride who enjoyed annoying her uptight husband, who was a passionate advocate for the female voice in public affairs and who, when civil war came, proved crucial to Charles's campaign. The image of the Restoration queen as an irrelevant crone is replaced with Henrietta Maria as an influential 'phoenix queen'. It is time to look again at this despised queen and judge if she is not in fact one of our most remarkable.
'Brilliantly written, mesmerising, superb scholarship and totally immersive... A total game changer' KATE WILLIAMS, author of Rival Queens
'This is revisionist history at its absolute best' ANDREW ROBERTS author of Churchill
'Beautifully written and endlessly fascinating' ALEXANDER LARMAN author of The Crown in Crisis
'Popular history of the finest kind' RONALD HUTTON author of The Witch
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 05 oktober 2023
Aantal pagina's: 496
Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Leanda De Lisle
Hoofduitgeverij: Vintage
Originele titel: Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, and Phoenix Queen – the true story of Charles I's wife
AI-gegenereerd: Nee
Dyslexievriendelijk: Nee
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 30 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Verpakking breedte: 129 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 30 mm
Verpakking lengte: 198 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 360 g
eWaste: Nee
EAN: 9781529111040