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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 *

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    Publisher: Cornerstone
    Publication Date: 30/05/2019
    ISBN13: 9780099549734, 978-0099549734
    ISBN10: 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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