The Other Queen

Name: The Other Queen
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by Philippa Gregory

Book 16 in the The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels series.

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After fleeing Scotland in 1568, Mary Stuart is placed in the custody of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his wife Bess of Hardwick. Mary regards herself as a sovereign guest and works to recover her throne, while Elizabeth I’s government treats her as a potential focus for rebellion.

Years of confinement consume the Talbots’ wealth and strain their marriage as plots, coded messages and foreign diplomacy surround their household. The three narrators reveal conflicting ideas of queenship, loyalty, property and political survival.

Historical periods

Tudor Period Elizabethan Age

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Espionage

Historical people

Elizabeth I1533–1603 Mary, Queen of Scots1542–1587 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley1520–1598 Bess of Hardwick1527–1608 George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury1528–1590