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The Other Queen

A dramatic novel of passion, politics and betrayal from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl.They can fear me, and they can hate me. They can even deny me. But they cannot kill me.1568. The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I has ruled England for ten years, but refuses to name a successor, despite the rival claims that threaten her kingdom.Bess of Hardwick, the new Countess of Shrewsbury, has secured her future with her fourth marriage to George Talbot. Ambitious and shrewd, Bess anticipates royal favour when she and the Earl are asked to give sanctuary to the fugitive Mary Queen of Scots.But the Scottish queen rails against house arrest in a desolate castle and plots to regain her throne. The castle becomes the epicentre of intrigue against Elizabeth, the Earl blinded by admiration for The Other Queen. Even Bess’s own loyalty is thrown into question. If Elizabeth’s spymaster William Cecil links the Talbots to the growing conspiracy to free Mary, they will all face the Tower…

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A dramatic novel of passion, politics and betrayal from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl.They can fear me, and they can hate me. They can even deny me. But they cannot kill me.1568. The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I has ruled England for ten years, but refuses to name a successor, despite the rival claims that threaten her kingdom.Bess of Hardwick, the new Countess of Shrewsbury, has secured her future with her fourth marriage to George Talbot. Ambitious and shrewd, Bess anticipates royal favour when she and the Earl are asked to give sanctuary to the fugitive Mary Queen of Scots.But the Scottish queen rails against house arrest in a desolate castle and plots to regain her throne. The castle becomes the epicentre of intrigue against Elizabeth, the Earl blinded by admiration for the other queen. Even Bess’s own loyalty is thrown into question. If Elizabeth’s spymaster William Cecil links the Talbots to the growing conspiracy to free Mary, they will all face the Tower…»Другая королева» — драматический роман Филиппы Грегори о страсти, политике и предательстве.Они могут бояться меня, а могут и ненавидеть. Они могут даже отказать мне. Но они не могут убить меня.1568. Королева-девственница Елизавета I правит Англией уже десять лет, но отказывается назвать преемника, несмотря на претензии соперников, которые угрожают ее королевству.Бесс Хардвик, новая графиня Шрусбери, обеспечила свое будущее четвертым браком с Джорджем Тэлботом. Амбициозная и проницательная, Бесс предвкушает королевскую благосклонность, когда ее и графа просят предоставить убежище беглой Марии, королеве Шотландии.Книга на английском языке.

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ISBN

978-0-00-719214-4

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14 days

SKU

896858

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442

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EAN

9780007192144