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The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas

de Alison Weir

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Biography & Autobiography. History. Nonfiction. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE INDEPENDENT • From bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir comes the first biography of Margaret Douglas, the beautiful, cunning niece of Henry VIII of England who used her sharp intelligence and covert power to influence the succession after the death of Elizabeth I.
 
Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a queen, her father an earl, and she herself was the granddaughter, niece, cousin, and grandmother of monarchs. Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was an important figure in Tudor England, yet today, while her contemporaries—Anne Boleyn, Mary, Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I—have achieved celebrity status, she is largely forgotten.
 
Margaret’s life was steeped in intrigue, drama, and tragedy—from her auspicious birth in 1530 to her parents’ bitter divorce, from her ill-fated love affairs to her appointment as lady-in-waiting for four of Henry’s six wives. In an age when women were expected to stay out of the political arena, alluring and tempestuous Margaret helped orchestrate one of the most notorious marriages of the sixteenth century: that of her son Lord Darnley to Mary, Queen of Scots. Margaret defiantly warred with two queens—Mary, and Elizabeth of England—and was instrumental in securing the Stuart ascension to the throne of England for her grandson, James VI.
 
The life of Margaret Douglas spans five reigns and provides many missing links between the Tudor and Stuart dynasties. Drawing on decades of research and myriad original sources—including many of Margaret’s surviving letters—Alison Weir brings this captivating character out of the shadows and presents a strong, capable woman who operated effectively and fearlessly at the very highest levels of power.

Praise for The Lost Tudor Princess
 
“This is a substantial, detailed biography of a fascinating woman who lived her extraordinary life to the full, taking desperate chances for love and for ambition. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in the powerful women of the Tudor period.”—Philippa Gregory, The Washington Post
 
“Tackling the family from an unexpected angle, Weir offers a blow-by-blow account of six decades of palace intrigue. . . . Weir balances historical data with emotional speculation to illuminate the ferocious dynastic ambitions and will to power that earned her subject a place in the spotlight.”The New York Times Book Review.
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This one was a terrible slog for me. I have trouble parsing Tudor style communication because it’s all so drawn out and flowery there are times I can’t tell if the writer is saying a thing is good or bad. Poetry leaves me cold and I only skimmed the pages of verse. I hope someone who loves reading poetry stumbles across this book.

That said, I did learn a lot from this book. I didn’t realize Lord Darnley was such a big man on campus when he was young He was Elizabeth I’s closet living male relative and she knew him well since he spent time at her court playing the lute for her gracious pleasure. The story I’m familiar with says that Mary Queen of Scots took one look at Darnley and went head over heels in love… but there had been years of marriage negotiations to make their match before they ever met.

He must have been a right bastard to have trashed his royal marriage in a matter of months. I am not surprised his subjects got rid of him.
  KaterinaBead | Feb 26, 2022 |
I very much enjoy Alison Weir's nonfiction abut the Tudors and "The Lost Tudor Princess" was no exception. I will say I think it really helps, with this particular book, to have some knowledge of the history of Tudors already -- Weir packs a lot of information in here and glosses some of it rather quickly as it doesn't directly relate to Margaret Douglas' life. (Though frankly, if you're down to reading about Margaret Douglas, you probably already know a bit about the Tudors anyway.)

Interesting book overall and well-researched, as you'd expect from Weir. ( )
  amerynth | Jun 12, 2021 |
The lifestory of Margaret Douglas (later Lennox)....niece of Henry VIII and mother of the illfated and unlamented Lord Darnley- the muirdered husband of Mary Queen of Scots.
This is a minutely researched and interesting tale. Much of it concerns Elizabeth I and her desperate efforts to stop any plots against her - in part through forbidding her relations to marry and have children. After an early spell under arrest for an unwise romance (by Henry VII), much of Margaret's later years (after a permitted marriage) were devoted to clandestine negotiations with Mary in Scotland, trying to inveigle her to marry her eldest son...And always facing (and sometimes suffering) imprisonment as Elizabeth's spies (and Margaret's enemies) try to uncover what's going on...
Read with the benefit of hindsight, one does wonder if her frantic efforts were worth it? Darnley murdered....her younger son also married without leave...and HIS daughter (Arbella) left to starve herself to death in the Towervfor a similar crime.. ( )
  starbox | Apr 22, 2021 |
Interesting and thorough. ( )
  LoisSusan | Dec 10, 2020 |
I"m very proud of myself for making it completely through one of Weir's books. All by myself. And on a plane. I'm struck by what big players women were in the Tudor world. ( )
  TheLoisLevel | May 7, 2019 |
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Biography & Autobiography. History. Nonfiction. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE INDEPENDENT • From bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir comes the first biography of Margaret Douglas, the beautiful, cunning niece of Henry VIII of England who used her sharp intelligence and covert power to influence the succession after the death of Elizabeth I.
 
Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a queen, her father an earl, and she herself was the granddaughter, niece, cousin, and grandmother of monarchs. Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was an important figure in Tudor England, yet today, while her contemporaries—Anne Boleyn, Mary, Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I—have achieved celebrity status, she is largely forgotten.
 
Margaret’s life was steeped in intrigue, drama, and tragedy—from her auspicious birth in 1530 to her parents’ bitter divorce, from her ill-fated love affairs to her appointment as lady-in-waiting for four of Henry’s six wives. In an age when women were expected to stay out of the political arena, alluring and tempestuous Margaret helped orchestrate one of the most notorious marriages of the sixteenth century: that of her son Lord Darnley to Mary, Queen of Scots. Margaret defiantly warred with two queens—Mary, and Elizabeth of England—and was instrumental in securing the Stuart ascension to the throne of England for her grandson, James VI.
 
The life of Margaret Douglas spans five reigns and provides many missing links between the Tudor and Stuart dynasties. Drawing on decades of research and myriad original sources—including many of Margaret’s surviving letters—Alison Weir brings this captivating character out of the shadows and presents a strong, capable woman who operated effectively and fearlessly at the very highest levels of power.

Praise for The Lost Tudor Princess
 
“This is a substantial, detailed biography of a fascinating woman who lived her extraordinary life to the full, taking desperate chances for love and for ambition. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in the powerful women of the Tudor period.”—Philippa Gregory, The Washington Post
 
“Tackling the family from an unexpected angle, Weir offers a blow-by-blow account of six decades of palace intrigue. . . . Weir balances historical data with emotional speculation to illuminate the ferocious dynastic ambitions and will to power that earned her subject a place in the spotlight.”The New York Times Book Review.

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