03026cam a2200385 4500 1022401653 TxAuBib 20120322120000.0 100127s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003-047581 9780375408984 0375408983 (OCoLC)52295507 7512 7512 7512 TxAuBib Dunn, Jane. Elizabeth and Mary : cousins, rivals, queens / Jane Dunn. 1st Am. ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. xxiv, 453 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ; 25 cm. "Originally published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers, London, in 2003."--T.p. verso. "A Borzoi book.". Includes bibliographical references and index. The first dual biography of two of the worldś most remarkable women - Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots. In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between the regal cousins. It is the story of two queens ruling on one island, each with a claim to the throne of England, each embodying dramatically opposing qualities of character, ideals of womanliness (and views of sexuality) and divinely ordained kingship. As regnant queens in an overwhelmingly masculine world, they were deplored for their femaleness, compared unfavorably with each other and courted by the same men. By placing their dynamic and ever-changing relationship at the center of the book, the author illuminates their differences. Elizabeth, inheriting a weak, divided country coveted by all the Catholic monarchs of Europe, is revolutionary in her insistence on ruling alone and inspired in her use of celibacy as a political tool - yet also possessed of a deeply feeling nature. Mary is not the romantic victim of history but a courageous adventurer with a reckless heart and a magnetic influence over men and women alike. Vengeful against her enemies and the more ruthless of the two queens, she is untroubled by plotting Elizabethś murder. Elizabeth, however, is driven to anguish at finally having to sanction Maryś death for treason. Working almost exclusively from contemporary letters and writings, this book explores their symbiotic, though never face-to-face, relationship and the power struggle that raged between them. 20100127. Elizabeth I Queen of England 1533-1603. Elizabeth I Queen of England 1533-1603. Relations with Scots. Elizabeth I Queen of England 1533-1603. Family. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587. Family. Queens Great Britain Biography. Queens Scotland Biography. Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603. Scotland History Mary Stuart, 1542-1567. TXNES