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Queen Anne : the politics of passion, Anne Somerset

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The much-maligned Queen Anne (1665-1714) was never expected to reign. Her father, James II, was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and succeeded by his daughter, the childless Mary, and her husband, William of Orange. Anne's 17 pregnancies before her accession produced only one child, who survived only to age 11. Her devotion to her friend and First Lady of the Bedchamber, Sarah Churchill, was a most unfortunate liaison. Sarah treated Anne as an uninformed fool, unable to form opinions of her own. However, Anne blossomed when she became queen, a situation that Sarah never accepted. Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, and five years later united two of her realms, England and Scotland, as a sovereign state, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. Sarah's husband, the Duke of Marlborough, and Lord Treasurer Sidney Godolphin, were Anne's primary ministers; many thought they completely controlled her. Anne's correspondence shows just how malicious and even criminal Sarah was. Today's reader will easily recognize the rancorous party politics, obstructionism and inability to enact laws that existed in that period. Anne's natural reserve and her instinct for discretion has led historians to believe that she was weak and dominated by women of stronger character. Somerset's impressive scholarship debunks that belief and shows Anne as a masterful, even authoritative, queen who survived the influence of her "friends." At the core of Anne Somerset's fascinating new biography is a portrait of this fraught, complex bond between two very different women: Queen Anne, reserved, stolid, shrewd; and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, wife of the Queen's great general--beautiful, willful, outspoken, whose acerbic wit was equally matched by her fearsome temper
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xii, 621 pages
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book"--title page verso
  • Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2012
Contents
  • But a daughter
  • Religion before her father
  • Sure never anybody was used so
  • We are now in a new world
  • These fatal distinctions of Whig and Tory
  • The weight and charge of a kingdom
  • Nothing but uneasiness
  • Entire and perfect union
  • Guided by other hands
  • Passions between women
  • Making the breach wider
  • The heat and ferment that is in this poor nation
  • I do not like war
  • The great work of peace
  • The last troublesome scene of contention
  • Not equal to the weight of a crown?
Isbn
9780307962881
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Queen Anne : the politics of passion
Title
Queen Anne
Title remainder
the politics of passion
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Anne Somerset
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Language
eng
Summary
The much-maligned Queen Anne (1665-1714) was never expected to reign. Her father, James II, was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and succeeded by his daughter, the childless Mary, and her husband, William of Orange. Anne's 17 pregnancies before her accession produced only one child, who survived only to age 11. Her devotion to her friend and First Lady of the Bedchamber, Sarah Churchill, was a most unfortunate liaison. Sarah treated Anne as an uninformed fool, unable to form opinions of her own. However, Anne blossomed when she became queen, a situation that Sarah never accepted. Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, and five years later united two of her realms, England and Scotland, as a sovereign state, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. Sarah's husband, the Duke of Marlborough, and Lord Treasurer Sidney Godolphin, were Anne's primary ministers; many thought they completely controlled her. Anne's correspondence shows just how malicious and even criminal Sarah was. Today's reader will easily recognize the rancorous party politics, obstructionism and inability to enact laws that existed in that period. Anne's natural reserve and her instinct for discretion has led historians to believe that she was weak and dominated by women of stronger character. Somerset's impressive scholarship debunks that belief and shows Anne as a masterful, even authoritative, queen who survived the influence of her "friends." At the core of Anne Somerset's fascinating new biography is a portrait of this fraught, complex bond between two very different women: Queen Anne, reserved, stolid, shrewd; and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, wife of the Queen's great general--beautiful, willful, outspoken, whose acerbic wit was equally matched by her fearsome temper
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Award
Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, 2013.
Biography type
individual biography
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10223396
Cataloging source
DLC
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1955-
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Somerset, Anne
Dewey number
  • 941.06/9092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
DA495
LC item number
.S67 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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  • Anne
  • Queens
  • Great Britain
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adult
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the politics of passion
Label
Queen Anne : the politics of passion, Anne Somerset
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Publication
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book"--title page verso
  • Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2012
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [583]-601) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
But a daughter -- Religion before her father -- Sure never anybody was used so -- We are now in a new world -- These fatal distinctions of Whig and Tory -- The weight and charge of a kingdom -- Nothing but uneasiness -- Entire and perfect union -- Guided by other hands -- Passions between women -- Making the breach wider -- The heat and ferment that is in this poor nation -- I do not like war -- The great work of peace -- The last troublesome scene of contention -- Not equal to the weight of a crown?
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xii, 621 pages
Isbn
9780307962881
Lccn
2012035334
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • 809421376
  • (OCoLC)809421376
Label
Queen Anne : the politics of passion, Anne Somerset
Publication
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book"--title page verso
  • Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2012
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [583]-601) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
But a daughter -- Religion before her father -- Sure never anybody was used so -- We are now in a new world -- These fatal distinctions of Whig and Tory -- The weight and charge of a kingdom -- Nothing but uneasiness -- Entire and perfect union -- Guided by other hands -- Passions between women -- Making the breach wider -- The heat and ferment that is in this poor nation -- I do not like war -- The great work of peace -- The last troublesome scene of contention -- Not equal to the weight of a crown?
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xii, 621 pages
Isbn
9780307962881
Lccn
2012035334
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • 809421376
  • (OCoLC)809421376

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