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It takes a special kind of historian to turn an old story on its head. Eye-opening, provocative, this is the great rivalry re-imagined for the #MeToo generation. -- Lucy Worsley
The perfect combination of scholarship and storytelling, meticulous research and emotional insight, Kate Williams brings Mary vividly to life in all her complexities and contradictions. -- Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers
Brings us a fresh Mary, set in a gloriously rich context, a tragic heroine - irresistibly real and relevant... There isn’t a line wasted in this taut, dramatic and utterly beguiling biography. -- Charles Spencer * author of Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I *
Scintillating, provocative... An elegant synthesis of royal biography and political thriller. * Daily Telegraph *
What makes [Rival Queens] special is William’s understanding of how gender shaped Mary’s life. This is a feminist history. * The Times *

Rival Queens

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    A Paperback / softback by Kate Williams

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
      Published 30 May 2019
      ISBN-13 9780099549734
      978-0099549734
      ISBN-10 0099549735
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      Biography Biography: royalty History European history

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      It takes a special kind of historian to turn an old story on its head. Eye-opening, provocative, this is the great rivalry re-imagined for the #MeToo generation. -- Lucy Worsley
      The perfect combination of scholarship and storytelling, meticulous research and emotional insight, Kate Williams brings Mary vividly to life in all her complexities and contradictions. -- Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers
      Brings us a fresh Mary, set in a gloriously rich context, a tragic heroine - irresistibly real and relevant... There isn’t a line wasted in this taut, dramatic and utterly beguiling biography. -- Charles Spencer * author of Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I *
      Scintillating, provocative... An elegant synthesis of royal biography and political thriller. * Daily Telegraph *
      What makes [Rival Queens] special is William’s understanding of how gender shaped Mary’s life. This is a feminist history. * The Times *

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