So High a Blood : The Life of Margaret, Countess of Lennox Paperback / softback
by Morgan Ring
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`Expertly researched, zestfully written, acutely intelligent in its historical judgements, this masterly biography finally does justice to a forgotten Tudor princess' John GuySometime heir to the English throne, courtier in danger of losing her head, spy-mistress and would-be architect of a united Catholic Britain: Lady Margaret Douglas is the Tudor who survived and triumphed -but at a terrible cost.
Niece to Henry VIII and half-sister to James V of Scotland, the beautiful and Catholic Margaret held a unique position in the English court.
Throughout her life, she was to navigate treacherous waters: survival demanded it.
Yet Margaret was no passive pawn. As the Protestant Reformations unfolded across the British Isles, she had ambitions of her own: to see her family rule a united, Catholic Britain.
When her niece Mary, Queen of Scots was widowed, Margaret saw her chance.
Thoroughly Machiavellian, she set in motion a chain of events that would see her descendants succeed to the crowns of England, Ireland and Scotland.
Drawing on previously unexamined archival sources, So High a Blood revives the story of Lady Margaret Douglas to vivid and captivating effect.
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- Format: Paperback / softback
- Pages: 368 pages, 2x8 page colour inserts
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date: 08/03/2018
- Category: Biography: historical, political & military
- ISBN: 9781408859698
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