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Cultural Depictions Of Mary I Of England
Mary I of England has been depicted in popular culture a number of times. Literature *''Marie Tudor'' (1833) by Victor Hugo. * ''The Tower of London'' (1840) by William Harrison Ainsworth. * ''Queen Mary'' (1875) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. A theatrical play. * ''The Prince and the Pauper'' (1881) by Mark Twain. The novel includes a depiction of Mary before her accession as a "grimly holy Lady Mary". The short appearance had a considerable influence on her negative image, given the enduring popularity of Twain's work. *'' Mary Tudor: A Play in a Prologue and Three Acts'' (1936) by Wilfred Grantham and it's 1945 radio adaption ''Mary Tudor''. *''Young Bess'' (1944), ''Elizabeth, Captive Princess'' (1948), and ''Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain'' (1953) by Margaret Irwin. A trilogy focusing on the early years of Elizabeth I of England and her relationship with Mary and Philip II of Spain. *''Mary, the Infamous Queen'' (1971) by Maureen Peters. The novel tells Mary's life through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary I Of England
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, Henry VIII. Her attempt to restore to the Church the property confiscated in the previous two reigns was largely thwarted by Parliament, but during her five-year reign, Mary had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian persecutions. Mary was the only child of Henry VIII by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive to adulthood. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded their father in 1547 at the age of nine. When Edward became terminally ill in 1553, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because he supposed, correctly, that she would reverse the Protestant refor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy, Lady Dunnett (née Halliday, 25 August 1923 – 9 November 2001) was a Scottish novelist best known for her historical fiction. Dunnett is most famous for her six novel series set during the 16th century, which concern the fictitious adventurer Francis Crawford of Lymond. This was followed by the eight novel prequel series ''The House of Niccolò''. Her other works include a novel concerning the historical Macbeth I of Scotland, Macbeth called ''King Hereafter'' (1982), and a series of mystery novels centered upon Johnson Johnson, a portrait painter and spy. Life and work Dunnett was educated at James Gillespie's High School, James Gillespie's High School for Girls in Edinburgh. She started her career as a press officer in the civil service, where she met her husband. A leading light in the Scottish arts world and a renaissance woman, she was a professional portrait painter and exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions. She had portraits commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Feather
Jane Feather (born Jane Robotham 1945 in Cairo, Egypt) is a popular British–American writer of historical romance novels. In 1984 she wrote five contemporary romances under the pseudonym Claudia Bishop. She is a ''New York Times''-bestselling, award–winning writer, and has more than ten million romance novels in print. Biography Jane Robotham was born on 1945 in Cairo, (Egypt), and grew up in New Forest, in the south of England. She has a master's degree in applied social studies from Oxford University. She is married and has three children. In 1978 she moved with her husband and children to New Jersey, where she worked as a psychiatric social worker. In 1981 she began her writing career after she and her family moved to Washington D.C. Since printing in 1984 she wrote five contemporary romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Royals (book Series)
''Young Royals'' is a series of novels for children by Carolyn Meyer based on the early lives of multiple royalties such as English and French royalty. Books in the series are mostly about the English Tudors, such as: ''Mary, Bloody Mary'' (1999); ''Beware, Princess Elizabeth'' (2001); ''Doomed Queen Anne'' (2002); and ''Patience, Princess Catherine'' (2004). The French books in the series are ''Duchessina'' (2007), about the life of Catherine de' Medici, and ''The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette'' (2010). The most recent titles in the series are: ''The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots'' (2012); ''Victoria Rebels'' (2013), about Queen Victoria of the British Empire; and ''Anastasia and Her Sisters'' (2013), about the daughters of Tsar Nicholas of Russia, specifically Anastasia. The books commonly feature inside looks at what the lives of each girl would have been like, including daily routine, protocol, out-of-the-ordinary experiences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Meyer
Carolyn Meyer (born June 8, 1935) is an American author of novels for children and young adults. The typical genre for her work is historical fiction, one of her more popular projects being the ''Young Royals'' series, each novel of which tells the story of a different crown princess (duchess, in the case of Catherine de Medici, and lady, in the case of Anne Boleyn) of her home country; either Egypt, England, Italy, Scotland, Austria and France. For example, one of Carolyn Meyer's works is ''Duchessina'', which is the story of the troubled childhood and young adulthood of the Italian duchess Catherine de' Medici up to her meeting with Crown Prince Henry of France. One recent novel in the ''Young Royals'' is ''Victoria Rebels'', which is about the teenage Princess Victoria of Kent and her budding relationship with Prince Albert of Germany. Early life Born June 8, 1935, as an only child in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, Meyer began her first "novel," ''Humpy the Caterpillar and Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royal Diaries
''The Royal Diaries'' is a series of 20 books published by Scholastic Press from 1999 to 2005. In each of the books, a fictional diary of a real female figure of royalty as a child throughout world history was written by the author. ''The Royal Diaries'' was a spin-off of Scholastic's popular ''Dear America'' series. While ''Dear America'', ''My Name Is America'', and ''My America'' were all cancelled in 2004, ''The Royal Diaries'' continued until 2005. Unlike ''Dear America'', which consisted of diaries of young girls living during pivotal periods in American history, ''The Royal Diaries'' is a series that features women of royalty from all over the world. The series is fictional, though it involves real historical figures. Facts and images concerning the historical figure featured in the book are given at the end of each of the books. Subjects in ''The Royal Diaries'' ''The Royal Diaries'' has covered many famous women in royalty, including Jahanara, Marie Antoinette, Eleanor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Lasky
Kathryn Lasky (born June 24, 1944) is an American children's writer who also writes for adults under the names Kathryn Lasky Knight and E. L. Swann. Her children's books include several Dear America books, The Royal Diaries books, ''Sugaring Time'', '' The Night Journey'', ''Wolves of the Beyond'', and the ''Guardians of Ga'Hoole'' series. Her awards include Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature, National Jewish Book Award, and Newbery Honor. Biography Kathryn Lasky grew up in Indianapolis, descendant of a line of Russian Jews. She is married to Christopher Knight, with whom she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in early childhood education from Wheelock College. She was the 2011 winner of the Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature and her work has received many other honors and awards. She is the author of over one hundred books. Her most notable book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul C
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire *Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist *Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice, Byzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Travel
Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically with the use of a hypothetical device known as a time machine. Time travel is a widely recognized concept in philosophy and fiction, particularly science fiction. The idea of a time machine was popularized by H. G. Wells' 1895 novel ''The Time Machine''. It is uncertain if time travel to the past is physically possible, and such travel, if at all feasible, may give rise to questions of causality. Forward time travel, outside the usual sense of the perception of time, is an extensively observed phenomenon and well-understood within the framework of special relativity and general relativity. However, making one body advance or delay more than a few milliseconds compared to another body is not feasible with current technology. As for backward time travel, it is possible to find solutions in general relativity that allow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kage Baker
Kage Baker (June 10, 1952 – January 31, 2010Obituary: Kage Baker " SF Site, January 31, 2010) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Biography Baker was born and raised in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood, California, and lived in Pismo Beach, California, Pismo Beach later in life. Before becoming a professional writer she spent many years in theater, including teaching Elizabethan English as a second language. Her unusual first name (pronounced like the word ''cage'') is a combination of the names of her two grandmothers, Kate and Genevieve. She is best known for her "Dr. Zeus Inc., Company" series of historical time travel science fiction. Her first stories were published in ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' in 1997, and her first novel, ''In the Garden of Iden'', by H ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Garden Of Iden
''In the Garden of Iden'' is a 1997 science fiction novel by American writer Kage Baker. Although it is set entirely in the 16th century, in Spain and England, it is a science fiction story revolving around the activities of a group of immortal cyborgs, individuals who appear human but have been transformed by high technology. Mendoza is a cyborg, who, like others of her kind, has been rescued from certain death as a small child and turned into an immortal machine, then made to work for " The Company". She loves her work and hates 'mortals'. All that changes when, on her first mission, she encounters love and learns the terrible price she has paid to live forever. American illustrator Michael Koelsch painted the cover art of Baker's first three novels in The Company series, beginning with ''In the Garden of Iden''. Plot introduction This novel is the first in a series about " The Company" and its servants, human and otherwise. The series continues with ''Sky Coyote'', ''Mendo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Hibbert
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen name: Eleanor Hibbert#Jean Plaidy, Jean Plaidy for fictionalized history of European royalty, Eleanor Hibbert#Victoria Holt, Victoria Holt for Gothic fiction#New Gothic romances, gothic romances, and Eleanor Hibbert#Philippa Carr, Philippa Carr for a multi-generational family saga. She also wrote light romances, crime novels, murder mysteries and thrillers under pseudonyms Eleanor Hibbert#Eleanor Burford, Eleanor Burford, Eleanor Hibbert#Elbur Ford, Elbur Ford, Eleanor Hibbert#Kathleen Kellow, Kathleen Kellow, Eleanor Hibbert#Anna Percival, Anna Percival, and Eleanor Hibbert#Ellalice Tate, Ellalice Tate. In 1989, the Romance Writers of America gave her the Golden Treasure award in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
