Mary, Queen of Scots

Jean Plaidy published under this name the first of two paired historical novels about Mary, Queen of Scots : The Royal Road to Fotheringay (Mary's eventual place of imprisonment in England).

LA 's preface denies the absurd notion that absolute gender equality might be feasible and advises women not to attempt to become inferior men. But she asserts, there is not an endowment, or propensity, or...

As usual HRM uses some extraneous material: a defence of the conduct of Mary, Queen of Scots , and comment on the recently discovered geological record of the earth. By this she means William Smith

Despite the title, the travel in this sequel or companion to The Juvenile Travellers confines itself to the British Isles, where one of the most pressing topics of local interest is association with writers...

She backs this pleasure in modernity with a remarkable grasp of former female history and of the women's literary tradition in English and its contexts. She mentions the Greek foremother Sappho , the patriotic heroism...

The title character, Eliza de Crui, sets the tone for discussion by writing from Brussels to Mrs Pierpont at Liège with the remark that, since it is so hard to say anything new, she will...

In a humble preface Williams invokes her mentor Kippis . The poems, in many genres (many treating of history, and of the sufferings caused by poverty and war), include a sentimental treatment of Mary, Queen of Scots

The publisher's note that opens the text suggests that a little world of cloud and sunshine waits within the pages.JI 's poems for the volume were The Music of Childhood and Law and...

A biographical lecture on Queen Elizabeth (originally addressed to Working Women's College students) is also reprinted. The lecture begins: Queen Elizabeth, when first she saw the light of day, was a great disappointment. She was...

The style of these poems, said one reviewer, is vintage RP : dynamic, baroque and jam-packed full of neocultural reference. Padel often writes about animals (sometimes in exotic wild places, often wild animals in captivity)...

In a prologue MD jokes about her own daring to judge Queen Elizabeth. Her language is formal and stilted, but she has a strong dramatic grasp of the complex and shifting feelings of Mary and...

The more than thirty poems in the volume include ballads and lyrics, as well as Historical Sketches that recount the lives of Joan of Arc and Mary, Queen of Scots . The poem To Death...

The play details the treasonous plot Babington spun to murder Queen Elizabeth and have Catholic Mary Queen of Scots assume the throne. Babington and his associates were executed with great cruelty on 18-19...

In the summer of 1850 AS was in Scotland, not doing research but hunting royal relics. In fact, once Blackwell became her publisher, she made frequent visits to Edinburgh. She made her own...