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Two women competing for a man’s heart. Two queens fighting to the death for dominance. The untold story of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Philippa Gregory
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 438
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Audio, Thorndike Press, Touchstone
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781416549123
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“Every woman should marry for her own advantage since her husband will represent her, as visible as her front door, for the rest of his life.”
Philippa Gregory was born on 9 January 1954 in Nairobi, Kenya, the second daughter of Elaine (Wedd) and Arthur Percy Gregory, a radio operator and navigator for East African Airways. When she was two years old, her family moved to England. She was a "rebel" at school, but managed to attend the University of Sussex. She worked in BBC radio for two years before attending the University of Edinburgh, where she earned her doctorate in 18th-century literature, and she was named Alumna of the Year 2009. She has taught at the University of Durham, University of Teesside, and the Open University, and was made a Fellow of Kingston University in 1994. Philippa wrote her first novel Wideacre while comp
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