Queen Anne - The Politics of Passion

Informationen zum Autor Anne Somerset was born in 1955 and read History at King's College, London. Her first book, ‘The Life and Times of William IV’, was published in 1980. This was followed in 1984 by the bestselling ‘Ladies-in-Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day’, an acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I in 1991, and ‘Unnatural Murder: Poison in the Court of James I: The Overbury Murder’ in 1998. Her most recent work is ‘The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV’. Klappentext A historical biography of Queen Anne, who inherited the crowns of England and Scotland in 1702, 14 years after she helped oust her father from his throne and deprived her newborn half-brother of his birthright. Against all expectation, she proved Britain's most successful Stuart ruler. 'Anne Somerset has done a real service both to us and to her namesake.' "Sunday Times" Zusammenfassung Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Antonia Fraser’s life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda Foreman’s ‘The Duchess’, ‘Queen Anne’ is historical biography at its best.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Somerset
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 13.09.2012
• EAN: 9780007203765
• ISBN: 978-0-00-720376-5
• No. of pages: 640
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Biography: royalty, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, C 1700 To C 1800