Bess of Hardwick, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Cavendishes: Cultural Legacies of Captivity - Hardcover
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Bess of Hardwick, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Cavendishes: Cultural Legacies of Captivity
This book examines the cultural legacies of the fifteen years that Mary Queen of Scots spent as a prisoner in the household of Bess of Hardwick and her fourth husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury. It proposes four main areas of influence: first, that although Mary never visited Hardwick New Hall, the experience of keeping Mary captive affected the way that Bess conceived and furnished the house;...
Lisa Hopkins is Professor Emerita of English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is a co-editor of Journal of Marlowe Studies and of Shakespeare, the journal of the British Shakespeare Association, and a series editor for Arden Critical Readers and Arden Studies in Early Modern Drama. Her most recent publications include Reading the River in Shakespeare's Britain, co-edited with Bill Angus,...
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