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Les crimes célèbres
Mary Stuart: Queen of Scots
Regal and beautiful, Mary gambled away her throne for love, and only the deadly game of power she played and eventually lost to her own cousin could contain her. 4 cassettes.
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Alexandre Dumas
6,098 books12.6k followersThis note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
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January 19, 2021
I was very much impressed by the things I have learned of Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland and dowager of France, throughout the reading of this ebook. The end of her life was really tragic – I am obliged to confess that I am unable to imagine what a world was during those times. To be dead of a violent death after nineteen years of suffering and captivity. I could simply say that it is the greatest misfortune that could befall her. Moreover, the order is signed by her, Elizabeth I queen of England, who describes herself with the words “I have a woman’s frame, but in this woman’s frame beats a man’s heart.”
From the beginning, as the crafty Dumas (pere) introduces us into the subject, it looks there is a truth in saying that some royal names are predestined to misfortune. In the midst of this unlucky race, Mary Stuart was the favourite of misfortune, and indeed it has perfect sense what one biographer said of her, “whoever desires to write about this illustrious queen of Scotland has, in her, two very, large subjects, the one her life, the other her death.”
I found the book pretty informative in a pleasant way, and I feel it helped me frame into my mind some historical events, that are now even better coloured. With the exceptions of some mid-book chapters, the most part of the book is written in the form of giving a detail account of what happened with this queen, in the full bloom of her beauty, since the moment she quit France for Scotland, somewhere in 1561. It was a sad sea voyage and from the start accompanied by a sad omen, that cast a black veil over the entire book. Well, no wonder why the book is under the sub-title “celebrated crimes” – a series of 18 books by the same author.
The aim to pacify her kingdom, greatly divided by religious troubles, and to reign over there in her wild country, was indeed a great challenge, unfortunately with an unhappy finish, but, as the story tells us, she had to fulfil her destiny. I tried to follow somehow attentively the details given on the religious wars, on the plots, assassinations, political difficulties and complications triggered by these, although I was a bit lost in all that long succession of names.
However I enjoyed very much those moments where the writer gives enough space for some intimate dialogues, or those scenes when the characters display some unbelievable courage, all of them had made a lively impression on my mind, and kept my general enthusiasm, even if on some spots it was a bit reduced because of some boring presentation of historical facts and events.
I liked the statement that the writer made, could be of course an exaggeration but it doesn’t change a bit my sentiment, regarding what was indeed Mary’s great and real crime: “one single imperfection in face or figure, and she would have not died upon the scaffold.”
This was a good read, though unawares something strange and tragic came to pass. I didn’t expect it to be such a sorry story, somehow I was deceived by appearances, but it’s a worthy material for a bit of education, if not profound at least varied, to maintain a supple mind and a lively imagination in gentle ways. There is a lot of violence too, and I have to admit I had some trouble to overcome all those first impulses to pass quickly over the text. I cannot comment how well Dumas kept in line with the history, as officially presented in the books of the time, however I am sure that even the most clear-sighted historians may remain obscure on some points.
The book in itself surprised me very nicely and I am for sure to remember about Mary Stuart, if not all - though I cannot yet detach from the story flow -, at least all the charms of her wit and beauty, and that fatal love she felt for some people that she was never able to surmount. She was a fascinated woman, and with that eternal confidence of the woman in her own love, she gave afresh, now and then, proof of her folly, despite having been cruelly wounded. I guess that comes in line with the majesty of her rank and the beauty of her countenance. Or, maybe it’s just about spending part of the night gazing in the immensity of the heavens…
From the beginning, as the crafty Dumas (pere) introduces us into the subject, it looks there is a truth in saying that some royal names are predestined to misfortune. In the midst of this unlucky race, Mary Stuart was the favourite of misfortune, and indeed it has perfect sense what one biographer said of her, “whoever desires to write about this illustrious queen of Scotland has, in her, two very, large subjects, the one her life, the other her death.”
I found the book pretty informative in a pleasant way, and I feel it helped me frame into my mind some historical events, that are now even better coloured. With the exceptions of some mid-book chapters, the most part of the book is written in the form of giving a detail account of what happened with this queen, in the full bloom of her beauty, since the moment she quit France for Scotland, somewhere in 1561. It was a sad sea voyage and from the start accompanied by a sad omen, that cast a black veil over the entire book. Well, no wonder why the book is under the sub-title “celebrated crimes” – a series of 18 books by the same author.
The aim to pacify her kingdom, greatly divided by religious troubles, and to reign over there in her wild country, was indeed a great challenge, unfortunately with an unhappy finish, but, as the story tells us, she had to fulfil her destiny. I tried to follow somehow attentively the details given on the religious wars, on the plots, assassinations, political difficulties and complications triggered by these, although I was a bit lost in all that long succession of names.
However I enjoyed very much those moments where the writer gives enough space for some intimate dialogues, or those scenes when the characters display some unbelievable courage, all of them had made a lively impression on my mind, and kept my general enthusiasm, even if on some spots it was a bit reduced because of some boring presentation of historical facts and events.
I liked the statement that the writer made, could be of course an exaggeration but it doesn’t change a bit my sentiment, regarding what was indeed Mary’s great and real crime: “one single imperfection in face or figure, and she would have not died upon the scaffold.”
This was a good read, though unawares something strange and tragic came to pass. I didn’t expect it to be such a sorry story, somehow I was deceived by appearances, but it’s a worthy material for a bit of education, if not profound at least varied, to maintain a supple mind and a lively imagination in gentle ways. There is a lot of violence too, and I have to admit I had some trouble to overcome all those first impulses to pass quickly over the text. I cannot comment how well Dumas kept in line with the history, as officially presented in the books of the time, however I am sure that even the most clear-sighted historians may remain obscure on some points.
The book in itself surprised me very nicely and I am for sure to remember about Mary Stuart, if not all - though I cannot yet detach from the story flow -, at least all the charms of her wit and beauty, and that fatal love she felt for some people that she was never able to surmount. She was a fascinated woman, and with that eternal confidence of the woman in her own love, she gave afresh, now and then, proof of her folly, despite having been cruelly wounded. I guess that comes in line with the majesty of her rank and the beauty of her countenance. Or, maybe it’s just about spending part of the night gazing in the immensity of the heavens…
October 27, 2020
3,5
Hace unas semanas vi María, Reina de Escocia (Mary Queen of Scots,2018) película protagonizada por Saorise Ronan en el papel de María Estuardo y Margot Robbie en el papel de Isabel I de Inglaterra. Todo podía salir mal y, efectivamente, salió mal. La película no se esfuerza en ocultar toda la idelogía que reviste el film y que ha convertido a Hollywood en una ciénaga más infecta de lo que ha sido siempre. La historia de María Estuardo es muy atractiva desde el punto de vista de las ideologías identitarias que tienen nuestra sociedad patas arriba desde hace unos años. Una reina arrancada de la tierra en la que se crío y abandonada a su suerte en una tierra llena de hombres profundamente religiosos, mezquinos y salvajes. Oh, sí. El único hombre bueno de esta película es Rizzio, la mano derecha de María, que causalmente es homosexual (o transexual, no se esclarece del todo el asunto). Como la directora sabía que el rigor histórico de la película iba a ser cuestionable, decide justificarse aludiendo a que su película se basa en una novela de un señor aleatorio llamado John Guy, que para el caso podría haberse apellidado Smith. A Josie Rourke solo le faltó decir que a María Estuardo le dieron tres hachazos en el cuello no por ser reina, sino por ser mujer. Lo que hay que oír.
Lo único bueno que puedo sacar de esta experiencia es que la Rourke aumentó mi deseo de conocer la verdadera vida de María Estuardo. A pesar de que mis conocimientos sobre la historia de la isla son bastante deficientes, quería saber qué había hecho María Estuardo más allá de la visión endulzada e idealizada de Josie Rourke. Estuve dudando entre leer la biografía de Dumas o la de Sweig, y finalmente me decidí por la de Dumas por ser un poquito más breve, temiendo que la biografía de Sweig requiriera un mayor bagaje histórico.
María Estuardo (Crimes Célèbres: Marie Stuart, 1896) es una hagiografía de casi trescientas páginas, claro precedente de los documentales de crímenes dramatizados de la televisión. Papá Dumas nos recrea la vida de María desde su partida de Francia hasta el día de su ejecución, combinando la narración de hechos de una biografía pura y dura con reconstrucción de la personalidad de María Estuardo, dramatizando los momentos clave de su vida; su partida de Francia, el asesinato de Rizzio, la traición de hombres leales a su majestad, el posterior encierro en el castillo de Lochleven, la huida a Inglaterra y, finalmente, la triste ejecución de la reina.
Disfruté mucho el formato que le dio Dumas a esta biografía. No se hace pesada ni se pierde en los detalles. Es cierto que no se limita solo a contar los hechos tal como sucedieron, sino que en algunos puntos los reviste de ese conocido sentimentalismo francés que parece implícito en todas estas historias de amoríos, poder y celos. Pero las interpretaciones de la realidad de Dumas no llegan al nivel descarado de Josie Rourke, por lo que el resultado es una biografía bastante amena de una extensión ideal que nos acerca mucho más a la María de carne y hueso de lo que lo haría una biografía más detallada indicada para historiadores o aficionados de la historia de Inglaterra.
Recomendada.
Hace unas semanas vi María, Reina de Escocia (Mary Queen of Scots,2018) película protagonizada por Saorise Ronan en el papel de María Estuardo y Margot Robbie en el papel de Isabel I de Inglaterra. Todo podía salir mal y, efectivamente, salió mal. La película no se esfuerza en ocultar toda la idelogía que reviste el film y que ha convertido a Hollywood en una ciénaga más infecta de lo que ha sido siempre. La historia de María Estuardo es muy atractiva desde el punto de vista de las ideologías identitarias que tienen nuestra sociedad patas arriba desde hace unos años. Una reina arrancada de la tierra en la que se crío y abandonada a su suerte en una tierra llena de hombres profundamente religiosos, mezquinos y salvajes. Oh, sí. El único hombre bueno de esta película es Rizzio, la mano derecha de María, que causalmente es homosexual (o transexual, no se esclarece del todo el asunto). Como la directora sabía que el rigor histórico de la película iba a ser cuestionable, decide justificarse aludiendo a que su película se basa en una novela de un señor aleatorio llamado John Guy, que para el caso podría haberse apellidado Smith. A Josie Rourke solo le faltó decir que a María Estuardo le dieron tres hachazos en el cuello no por ser reina, sino por ser mujer. Lo que hay que oír.
Lo único bueno que puedo sacar de esta experiencia es que la Rourke aumentó mi deseo de conocer la verdadera vida de María Estuardo. A pesar de que mis conocimientos sobre la historia de la isla son bastante deficientes, quería saber qué había hecho María Estuardo más allá de la visión endulzada e idealizada de Josie Rourke. Estuve dudando entre leer la biografía de Dumas o la de Sweig, y finalmente me decidí por la de Dumas por ser un poquito más breve, temiendo que la biografía de Sweig requiriera un mayor bagaje histórico.
María Estuardo (Crimes Célèbres: Marie Stuart, 1896) es una hagiografía de casi trescientas páginas, claro precedente de los documentales de crímenes dramatizados de la televisión. Papá Dumas nos recrea la vida de María desde su partida de Francia hasta el día de su ejecución, combinando la narración de hechos de una biografía pura y dura con reconstrucción de la personalidad de María Estuardo, dramatizando los momentos clave de su vida; su partida de Francia, el asesinato de Rizzio, la traición de hombres leales a su majestad, el posterior encierro en el castillo de Lochleven, la huida a Inglaterra y, finalmente, la triste ejecución de la reina.
Disfruté mucho el formato que le dio Dumas a esta biografía. No se hace pesada ni se pierde en los detalles. Es cierto que no se limita solo a contar los hechos tal como sucedieron, sino que en algunos puntos los reviste de ese conocido sentimentalismo francés que parece implícito en todas estas historias de amoríos, poder y celos. Pero las interpretaciones de la realidad de Dumas no llegan al nivel descarado de Josie Rourke, por lo que el resultado es una biografía bastante amena de una extensión ideal que nos acerca mucho más a la María de carne y hueso de lo que lo haría una biografía más detallada indicada para historiadores o aficionados de la historia de Inglaterra.
Recomendada.
February 26, 2020
Ano passado, tatuei no braço esquerdo uma frase de Mary Stuart, a Rainha da Escócia: "my heart is my own". Nessa obra de Alexandre Dumas, que conta os percalços e tragédias dessa rainha, fica ainda mais claro que seguir seu coração pode ter medidas irreparáveis, mas que nos tornam quem nós somos. Mary não tomou as melhores decisões como líder, nem sua liderança foi tão transformadora quanto a de Henrique VIII ou Elizabeth I, aquela que sentenciou Mary à morte após 19 anos de sofrimento, migrando de prisão em prisão. Mas foi genuína e autêntica em suas decisões, e especialmente em momentos cruciais da vida. Me afeiçoei ainda mais a essa personagem curiosa da história. E a edição da Wish é bem linda e caprichada. Vale muito a pena. 💛✨
November 22, 2018
ولدت ماري ستيوارت في قصر لينليثغو في ديسمبر ١٥٤٢
ابنة جيمس الخامس من اسكتلندا وماري أوف جيز
بعد ستة أيام من ولادتها توفي والدها ، وأصبحت ملكة اسكتلندا
منذ الطفولة المبكرة؛ خططت الفصائل المتنافسة المؤيدة
للإنجليز والمؤيدة لفرنسا في اسكتلندا للسيطرة على ماري
تم اختيار أمها الفرنسية كوصي، وأرسلت ماري إلى فرنسا عام ١٥٤٨
عاشت ماري كجزء من العائلة المالكة الفرنسية
عام ١٥٥٨ تزوجت من دوفين فرانسيس
وافقت سرا على ترك اسكتلندا لفرنسا إذا كان عليها
أن تموت بدون ابن
في يوليو ١٥٥٩ نجح فرانسيس في أن يصبح الملك
وأصبحت ماري ملكة فرنسا بالإضافة إلى اسكتلندا
كذلك اعترف العديد من الروم الكاثوليك بأنّ ماري ستيوارت
ملكة إنجلترا بعد وفاة ماري الأم
وخلفتها البروتستانتية إليزابيث الأولى إلى العرش عام ١٥٥٨
وكان إدعاء ماري ستيوارت بأحقيتها بعرش إليزابيث
يستند على حقيقة أنها كانت الابنة الكبرى من مارجريت تيودور
أخت هنري الثامن (والد إليزابيث)
بالنسبة إلى الروم الكاثوليك ، يبدو أن ادعاء ماري
أقوى من إدانة إليزابيث لأنه برأيهم أن زواج هنري
من آن بولين غير قانوني
توفي زوج ماري فرانسيس الثاني عام ١٥٦٠ بعد حكم دام ١٧ شهرًا
ماري كانت على وشك أن تصبح في الثامنة عشرة من عمرها
تركت في موقف محيّر وصعب
غير راغبة في البقاء في فرنسا والعيش تحت هيمنة حماتها كاثرين دي ميديسيس والمعروفة بجبروتها وهيمنتها
على كل من حولها
لذلك قرّرت العودة إلى اسكتلندا لأخذ فرصتها مع الإصلاحيين البروتستانت
وهنا تبدأ رحلة مختلفة في حياة ماري وقمة في الصعوبة والكفاح
الكفاح الحقيقي من أجل إصلاح حقيقي
جميل أن نكتشف الجزء الشاعري بالملكة ماري
وتم عرض بعض من أشعارها وخطاباتها؛
She wrote:
Tears go by my fairest years
Was ever grief like mine
Imposed by destiny?
Wooow; what amazing & deep words!
I like it so much.
كانت ماري محاطة ماري بالعديد من النبلاء والمرشحين للإرتباط بها بعد وفاة فرانسيس مثل:
شاتيلارد والمارشال دامفيل
She wrote also:
Better should my pain
Bitterly complain,
Crying shrill,
To thee who dost constrain
My spirit to such ill.
Goddess, who shalt never die,
List to what I say;
Thou who makest me to lie
Weak beneath thy sway,
If my life must know
Ending at thy blow,
Cruellest!
Own it perished so
But at thy behest
هذا الألم والوجع وهو جانب خفي من الملكة ماري القوية
لم يكون ليظهر سوى لشخص على مقربة منها
وبكل الأحوال هؤلاء الأشخاص كانوا ثقة
وهم وحدهم من حصلوا على ثقتها المُطلقة.
في التاسع عشر من أغسطس عام ١٥٦١
هبطت ماري في ليث
وأخذت على الفور بنصيحة من جيمس ستيوارت
(أخوها غير الشقيق، إيرل موراي)
وويليام ميتلاند
تعرفت على الكنيسة الإصلاحية
كان الإصلاحيون البروتستانتيون ، بمن فيهم جون نوكس
يشعرون بالرعب
وكان الكاثوليك الرومانيون قلقين من افتقارها إلى الحماس لقضيتهم
خلال السنوات القليلة التالية حاولت ماري استرضاء البروتستانت
وإقامة علاقات صداقة مع إليزابيث في الوقت الذي
تفاوضت فيه على زواج كاثوليكي مع دون كارلوس
ابن فيليب الثاني ملك إسبانيا
عندما جاء الرفض في كل من خلافة الإنجليز والزواج الإسباني
قبلت ماري زواج الحب أكثر من كونها مباراة سياسية بحتة
تزوجت من ابن عمها الأول هنري ستيوارت، اللورد دارنلي عام ١٥٦٥
ثمّ تدخل في صراعات أخرى كون هذا الزواج غير مقبول للبروتستانت
وسرعان ما حدث تمرّد كبير من قبل النبلاء
وكل تمرّد كان على رأسه جون نوكس
ما هزّ لاحقًا ماري هو تآمر زوجها مع الكنيسة ونوكس ومجموعة نبلاء
بما يخص التخلّص من مستشارها وزير الخارجية الإيطالي ديفيد ريزيو
وهكذا قاموا بقتله أمامها عام ١٥٦٦ وفي نهاية العام
أنجبت ابنها الوحيد والذي أصبح لاحقًا ملك لإنجلترا
(جيمس الأول)
هنالك العديد من الروايات حول موت زوج ماري(دارلني)
البعض يقول بأنه قتل في حقل دون علم الفاعل الحقيقي
والبعض يرجّح فكرة أن ماري وصديقها هيبورن
هما من خططا لقتله والتخلّص منه خاصة بعد مرضه
وتخبطه العشوائي في محاولات انتزاع الحكم من ماري
عن طريق ابنهما
في نهاية المطاف ينقلب الجميع على ماري ومن حولها
و أجبروها على الإستسلام بتهمة مشاركتها في قتل زوجها
وتم زجها في السجن فاضطرت للتنازل عن الحكم لصالحه
وهو تحت وصاية ابنة عمها إليزابيث ملكة انجلترا
نجحت ماري من خلال بعض الأصدقاء بالفرار من اسكتلندا إلى إنجلترا
وتم زجها بالسجن أيضًا
ثمّ تم توريط ماري رغم وجودها في السجن بمؤامرات لإغتيال إليزابيث
وهكذا ثبت بأنّها متواطئة وحكم عليها بالإعدام
عام ١٥٨٧
ملاحظة:
_يوجد مسلسل من ٤ مواسم يتكلم عن حياة الملكة ماري ستيوارت
Reign/ 4 seasons
_ فيلم إنتاج ٢٠١٣ Mary Queen of scots
_ فيلم إنتاج ٢٠١٨ يتناول حياة الملكة ماري
Mary Queen of Scots 2018
عنوان الكتاب: Marie Stuart "رواية"
اسم المؤلّف: Alexandre Dumas
ترجمة : لا يوجد ترجمة للغة العربية
سنة النشر للنسخة الأصلية: ٢٠٠١
الطبعة : ٦١
الناشر: New Millennium Audio
عدد الصفحات: ٣٢٦
التقييم: ٤ نجمات.
نادية أحمد
٢٢ نوڤيمبر ٢٠١٨
ابنة جيمس الخامس من اسكتلندا وماري أوف جيز
بعد ستة أيام من ولادتها توفي والدها ، وأصبحت ملكة اسكتلندا
منذ الطفولة المبكرة؛ خططت الفصائل المتنافسة المؤيدة
للإنجليز والمؤيدة لفرنسا في اسكتلندا للسيطرة على ماري
تم اختيار أمها الفرنسية كوصي، وأرسلت ماري إلى فرنسا عام ١٥٤٨
عاشت ماري كجزء من العائلة المالكة الفرنسية
عام ١٥٥٨ تزوجت من دوفين فرانسيس
وافقت سرا على ترك اسكتلندا لفرنسا إذا كان عليها
أن تموت بدون ابن
في يوليو ١٥٥٩ نجح فرانسيس في أن يصبح الملك
وأصبحت ماري ملكة فرنسا بالإضافة إلى اسكتلندا
كذلك اعترف العديد من الروم الكاثوليك بأنّ ماري ستيوارت
ملكة إنجلترا بعد وفاة ماري الأم
وخلفتها البروتستانتية إليزابيث الأولى إلى العرش عام ١٥٥٨
وكان إدعاء ماري ستيوارت بأحقيتها بعرش إليزابيث
يستند على حقيقة أنها كانت الابنة الكبرى من مارجريت تيودور
أخت هنري الثامن (والد إليزابيث)
بالنسبة إلى الروم الكاثوليك ، يبدو أن ادعاء ماري
أقوى من إدانة إليزابيث لأنه برأيهم أن زواج هنري
من آن بولين غير قانوني
توفي زوج ماري فرانسيس الثاني عام ١٥٦٠ بعد حكم دام ١٧ شهرًا
ماري كانت على وشك أن تصبح في الثامنة عشرة من عمرها
تركت في موقف محيّر وصعب
غير راغبة في البقاء في فرنسا والعيش تحت هيمنة حماتها كاثرين دي ميديسيس والمعروفة بجبروتها وهيمنتها
على كل من حولها
لذلك قرّرت العودة إلى اسكتلندا لأخذ فرصتها مع الإصلاحيين البروتستانت
وهنا تبدأ رحلة مختلفة في حياة ماري وقمة في الصعوبة والكفاح
الكفاح الحقيقي من أجل إصلاح حقيقي
جميل أن نكتشف الجزء الشاعري بالملكة ماري
وتم عرض بعض من أشعارها وخطاباتها؛
She wrote:
Tears go by my fairest years
Was ever grief like mine
Imposed by destiny?
Wooow; what amazing & deep words!
I like it so much.
كانت ماري محاطة ماري بالعديد من النبلاء والمرشحين للإرتباط بها بعد وفاة فرانسيس مثل:
شاتيلارد والمارشال دامفيل
She wrote also:
Better should my pain
Bitterly complain,
Crying shrill,
To thee who dost constrain
My spirit to such ill.
Goddess, who shalt never die,
List to what I say;
Thou who makest me to lie
Weak beneath thy sway,
If my life must know
Ending at thy blow,
Cruellest!
Own it perished so
But at thy behest
هذا الألم والوجع وهو جانب خفي من الملكة ماري القوية
لم يكون ليظهر سوى لشخص على مقربة منها
وبكل الأحوال هؤلاء الأشخاص كانوا ثقة
وهم وحدهم من حصلوا على ثقتها المُطلقة.
في التاسع عشر من أغسطس عام ١٥٦١
هبطت ماري في ليث
وأخذت على الفور بنصيحة من جيمس ستيوارت
(أخوها غير الشقيق، إيرل موراي)
وويليام ميتلاند
تعرفت على الكنيسة الإصلاحية
كان الإصلاحيون البروتستانتيون ، بمن فيهم جون نوكس
يشعرون بالرعب
وكان الكاثوليك الرومانيون قلقين من افتقارها إلى الحماس لقضيتهم
خلال السنوات القليلة التالية حاولت ماري استرضاء البروتستانت
وإقامة علاقات صداقة مع إليزابيث في الوقت الذي
تفاوضت فيه على زواج كاثوليكي مع دون كارلوس
ابن فيليب الثاني ملك إسبانيا
عندما جاء الرفض في كل من خلافة الإنجليز والزواج الإسباني
قبلت ماري زواج الحب أكثر من كونها مباراة سياسية بحتة
تزوجت من ابن عمها الأول هنري ستيوارت، اللورد دارنلي عام ١٥٦٥
ثمّ تدخل في صراعات أخرى كون هذا الزواج غير مقبول للبروتستانت
وسرعان ما حدث تمرّد كبير من قبل النبلاء
وكل تمرّد كان على رأسه جون نوكس
ما هزّ لاحقًا ماري هو تآمر زوجها مع الكنيسة ونوكس ومجموعة نبلاء
بما يخص التخلّص من مستشارها وزير الخارجية الإيطالي ديفيد ريزيو
وهكذا قاموا بقتله أمامها عام ١٥٦٦ وفي نهاية العام
أنجبت ابنها الوحيد والذي أصبح لاحقًا ملك لإنجلترا
(جيمس الأول)
هنالك العديد من الروايات حول موت زوج ماري(دارلني)
البعض يقول بأنه قتل في حقل دون علم الفاعل الحقيقي
والبعض يرجّح فكرة أن ماري وصديقها هيبورن
هما من خططا لقتله والتخلّص منه خاصة بعد مرضه
وتخبطه العشوائي في محاولات انتزاع الحكم من ماري
عن طريق ابنهما
في نهاية المطاف ينقلب الجميع على ماري ومن حولها
و أجبروها على الإستسلام بتهمة مشاركتها في قتل زوجها
وتم زجها في السجن فاضطرت للتنازل عن الحكم لصالحه
وهو تحت وصاية ابنة عمها إليزابيث ملكة انجلترا
نجحت ماري من خلال بعض الأصدقاء بالفرار من اسكتلندا إلى إنجلترا
وتم زجها بالسجن أيضًا
ثمّ تم توريط ماري رغم وجودها في السجن بمؤامرات لإغتيال إليزابيث
وهكذا ثبت بأنّها متواطئة وحكم عليها بالإعدام
عام ١٥٨٧
ملاحظة:
_يوجد مسلسل من ٤ مواسم يتكلم عن حياة الملكة ماري ستيوارت
Reign/ 4 seasons
_ فيلم إنتاج ٢٠١٣ Mary Queen of scots
_ فيلم إنتاج ٢٠١٨ يتناول حياة الملكة ماري
Mary Queen of Scots 2018
عنوان الكتاب: Marie Stuart "رواية"
اسم المؤلّف: Alexandre Dumas
ترجمة : لا يوجد ترجمة للغة العربية
سنة النشر للنسخة الأصلية: ٢٠٠١
الطبعة : ٦١
الناشر: New Millennium Audio
عدد الصفحات: ٣٢٦
التقييم: ٤ نجمات.
نادية أحمد
٢٢ نوڤيمبر ٢٠١٨
March 30, 2014
Classified as fiction, but it reads more like a 19th Century "true crime" docudrama of 16th Century events. I'm not sure whether Dumas serialized this or when he was writing it, stopped partway through and then returned to it later. For the first 100 or so pages, it's pretty much straight history, allowing for the author's assumptions/preferences and contemporary (or near-contemporary) rumors being stated as facts. At that point, it becomes more like a novel, with large blocks of dialogue and statements about the characters feelings. Then, after about another hundred pages, it goes back to more or less "straight" history for the rest of the book, briefly going back to dialogue for a few pages at time. A quick read and not terribly inaccurate - certainly Dumas takes much fewer liberties with the history than do the writers of The Tudors or Reign.
August 2, 2021
Sulla vita tormentata di Maria Stuarda avevo letto parecchi anni fa l'autorevole biografia scritta da Stefan Zweig. E già allora la storia di questa regina, la grande rivale di Elisabetta, mi aveva affascinato.
Di recente, lo confesso, mi sono sciroppata anche tutta la serie di Netflix, "Reign", che ne dà una versione alquanto romanzata, pur attenendosi ai fatti principali.
Quindi, con questa immagine molto romantica in testa dei giovanissimi Maria e Francesco su cui la serie è incentrata, mi sono accostata al libro di Dumas. Ma avendo già avuto modo di leggere "Giovanna di Napoli", l'altro suo "Delitto celebre" pubblicato da Scrittura & Scritture, ero sicura di non rimanere delusa. La penna di Dumas infatti racconta con una freschezza incredibile la storia, anche la Storia con la S maiuscola, arricchendola con i documenti dell'epoca e facendo riferimento anche alle famose "Lettere del cofanetto". Confesso che questa parte della vicenda mi è piuttosto oscura, ma sicuramente cercherò di approfondire.
Ora, ispirata sempre dalle serie mooolto romanzate di Netflix, aspetto con ansia il prossimo Delitto celebre che mi piacerebbe tanto fosse quello sulla Maschera di Ferro!!!
Di recente, lo confesso, mi sono sciroppata anche tutta la serie di Netflix, "Reign", che ne dà una versione alquanto romanzata, pur attenendosi ai fatti principali.
Quindi, con questa immagine molto romantica in testa dei giovanissimi Maria e Francesco su cui la serie è incentrata, mi sono accostata al libro di Dumas. Ma avendo già avuto modo di leggere "Giovanna di Napoli", l'altro suo "Delitto celebre" pubblicato da Scrittura & Scritture, ero sicura di non rimanere delusa. La penna di Dumas infatti racconta con una freschezza incredibile la storia, anche la Storia con la S maiuscola, arricchendola con i documenti dell'epoca e facendo riferimento anche alle famose "Lettere del cofanetto". Confesso che questa parte della vicenda mi è piuttosto oscura, ma sicuramente cercherò di approfondire.
Ora, ispirata sempre dalle serie mooolto romanzate di Netflix, aspetto con ansia il prossimo Delitto celebre che mi piacerebbe tanto fosse quello sulla Maschera di Ferro!!!
November 6, 2009
Julie Christe reads Dumas! What more do you want?
Seriously though, this is a pretty good, if historically suspect, story about Mary Queen of Scots.
Seriously though, this is a pretty good, if historically suspect, story about Mary Queen of Scots.
January 8, 2025
3,5*
Bom livro pra quem já conhece a história!
Bom livro pra quem já conhece a história!
July 10, 2013
Focusing on the life of Mary Stuart after she left France to return home to reign in Scotland, this book of history certainly proved a more interesting read than the last I reviewed, a free version from Amazon. Yet where that work stuck strictly to facts, Dumas' version took a number of liberties which improved the reading but made the separation of fact from fiction a challenge.
Dumas frequently inserts speeches of great melodrama into the mouths of those he writes about, including small details not likely to be recorded in historical documents. Then, too, there were several points that were written counter to what I had previously read, such as the deaths of the two Douglas boys that helped Mary to escape. Though I do not know for certain which is correct, the fact that this version led both to die in a far more dramatic manner actually calls its veracity into doubt.
Ironically, some of the things I would like to have seen expanded upon, such as her mistreatment by her second husband, were passed over with only a sentence or two of explanation. Then, too, very little was said of her son as a child; one must imagine she would have referenced being torn from him so young. But then, perhaps this was not a concern for Mary.
Overall, this was more enjoyable to read than a dry history (though its age does make the tone more tedious). But the reader is required to put much care into the things they accept as fact. It makes for a good overview of Mary's power struggle, even as it provides supposed details.
Dumas frequently inserts speeches of great melodrama into the mouths of those he writes about, including small details not likely to be recorded in historical documents. Then, too, there were several points that were written counter to what I had previously read, such as the deaths of the two Douglas boys that helped Mary to escape. Though I do not know for certain which is correct, the fact that this version led both to die in a far more dramatic manner actually calls its veracity into doubt.
Ironically, some of the things I would like to have seen expanded upon, such as her mistreatment by her second husband, were passed over with only a sentence or two of explanation. Then, too, very little was said of her son as a child; one must imagine she would have referenced being torn from him so young. But then, perhaps this was not a concern for Mary.
Overall, this was more enjoyable to read than a dry history (though its age does make the tone more tedious). But the reader is required to put much care into the things they accept as fact. It makes for a good overview of Mary's power struggle, even as it provides supposed details.
October 18, 2013
Mary Stuart Queen of Scots was held captive for 19 years before being sentenced to the block by her cousin Elizabeth the First. The former's Grandma, Margaret Tudor, was the elder sister of the latter's dad, Henry the VIII.
Dumas tells of the deadly games of power that cost the candid and badly counseled Catholic Stuart her reign, and eventually her head, at Fotheringhay Castle, 70 miles north of London. Conversely, the Protestant Queen of England portrait is devastatingly cruel and calculating in her design to eliminate any obstacles to the crown.
There were abundant cries from Catholic camp that Henry VIII had married Anne Boleyn before his divorce had actually come through. Therefore Elizabeth would have been an illegitimate and the nearest legal heir to the English throne would have been Mary, Queen of Scots.
Regrettably, Dumas report leaves several crucial questions unanswered such as why Mary would choose to flee to England once escaped from the her Scottish conspirators on the first place.
Puzzling.
Dumas tells of the deadly games of power that cost the candid and badly counseled Catholic Stuart her reign, and eventually her head, at Fotheringhay Castle, 70 miles north of London. Conversely, the Protestant Queen of England portrait is devastatingly cruel and calculating in her design to eliminate any obstacles to the crown.
There were abundant cries from Catholic camp that Henry VIII had married Anne Boleyn before his divorce had actually come through. Therefore Elizabeth would have been an illegitimate and the nearest legal heir to the English throne would have been Mary, Queen of Scots.
Regrettably, Dumas report leaves several crucial questions unanswered such as why Mary would choose to flee to England once escaped from the her Scottish conspirators on the first place.
Puzzling.
March 23, 2014
Doveva essere una semplice cronaca sugli ultimi anni di vita di Mary Stuart, e invece alla fine si è rivelato un racconto talmente appassionante che non riuscivo a staccar gli occhi dalle pagine. A questo punto, nessun dubbio: Dumas riuscirebbe a rendere interessante anche la mia lista della spesa.
February 1, 2008
This book is where I caught the love of the English courts and monarch life styles in the 1800's, Dumas is a fantastic writer, love!
September 12, 2021
“ é melhor morrer como rainha do que viver como prisioneira” vive na minha mente 24 horas por dia
November 20, 2019
O livro surpreendeu-me como novela histórica porque sempre saio da leitura desse segmento frustrado com a mistura inadequada de ficção e realidade histórica. Dumas, é verdade, dramatiza e romanceia os diálogos sem que isso possa comprometer historicamente a novela, mas o cerne da vida de Mary Stuart é bem retratada a partir de sua volta à Escócia, depois de seu período na França como rainha de Francis II.
Dumas simplificou algumas passagens importantes da vida de Maria Stuart, especialmente a fase do seu casamento com Darnley e nesse aspecto deixou bastante evidente que acreditava nos crimes pelos quais Mary foi acusada pelos Lordes Confederados, a própria escolha do sub-título já parece indicar isso.
Especialmente emocionante é o relato dos enviados dos Confederados ao seu castelo-prisão em Lochleven, quando a persuadem a renunciar aos direitos do trono da Escócia em favor de seu filho James VI. Nessa oportunidade Dumas mostra Mary Stuart com toda a sua dignidade de rainha. Digno de nota também o relato do estratagema ajudado pelos dois irmãos Douglas através do qual escapou de Lockleven bem como seus últimos dias em Fotheringway.
Em suma uma narrativa que vale a pena
Dumas simplificou algumas passagens importantes da vida de Maria Stuart, especialmente a fase do seu casamento com Darnley e nesse aspecto deixou bastante evidente que acreditava nos crimes pelos quais Mary foi acusada pelos Lordes Confederados, a própria escolha do sub-título já parece indicar isso.
Especialmente emocionante é o relato dos enviados dos Confederados ao seu castelo-prisão em Lochleven, quando a persuadem a renunciar aos direitos do trono da Escócia em favor de seu filho James VI. Nessa oportunidade Dumas mostra Mary Stuart com toda a sua dignidade de rainha. Digno de nota também o relato do estratagema ajudado pelos dois irmãos Douglas através do qual escapou de Lockleven bem como seus últimos dias em Fotheringway.
Em suma uma narrativa que vale a pena
August 30, 2025
Sorprende que mi primer Dumas sea éste, una novela menor del autor sin especial relevancia ni literaria ni histórica. Pero, en fin, siempre me ha gustado la historia de María Estuardo, así que aquí estamos.
Es cierto que Dumas elimina muchos eventos importantes (por ejemplo, el aborto que sufrió María durante su primer cautiverio), simplifica mucho las tramas y no dota a los personajes de mucha profundidad, pero es que está claro que él buscaba escribir una novela de aventuras, sencillamente valiéndose de la trágica vida de la reina de Escocia.
¿Lo recomendaría como historiador? No precisamente. Es una versión muy romantizada y simplona de la vida de María Estuardo, con un esperable, pero a la vez incómodo machismo constante, y con una representación pobre de la mayoría de los personajes históricos que representa. En especial, Isabel I de Inglaterra, reducida a una repelente, caprichosa y envidiosa arpía.
Quizás María, curiosamente, está mejor representada. Y es que es un personaje muy rico, con no pocos misterios todavía a sus espaldas, y una vida repleta de mala suerte, poco talento político y malos consejeros.
Se deja leer, pero no tiene mayor interés.
Es cierto que Dumas elimina muchos eventos importantes (por ejemplo, el aborto que sufrió María durante su primer cautiverio), simplifica mucho las tramas y no dota a los personajes de mucha profundidad, pero es que está claro que él buscaba escribir una novela de aventuras, sencillamente valiéndose de la trágica vida de la reina de Escocia.
¿Lo recomendaría como historiador? No precisamente. Es una versión muy romantizada y simplona de la vida de María Estuardo, con un esperable, pero a la vez incómodo machismo constante, y con una representación pobre de la mayoría de los personajes históricos que representa. En especial, Isabel I de Inglaterra, reducida a una repelente, caprichosa y envidiosa arpía.
Quizás María, curiosamente, está mejor representada. Y es que es un personaje muy rico, con no pocos misterios todavía a sus espaldas, y una vida repleta de mala suerte, poco talento político y malos consejeros.
Se deja leer, pero no tiene mayor interés.
May 5, 2021
3,5
É um bom livro, mas esperava mais de Alexandre Dumas. Trata-se de um romance biográfico da rainha da Escócia, Mary Stuart, que também era herdeira legítima da Coroa inglesa. Me incomodou um pouco a postura nacionalista de Alexandre Dumas (pró-França) ao narrar a disputa política entre Elizabeth I e Mary Stuart. Boa opção para quem deseja uma leitura rápida, rasa e meramente informativa sobre a história de Mary. Gostei mais da biografia de Stefan Zweig.
3,5
It is a good book, but I was expecting much more from Alexandre Dumas. It is a biographic novel of Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland, who was also heir of the English Crown. One of the problems of this book that bothered me was the nationalist attitude taken by Dumas (Pro-France) when describing the political dispute between Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart. It is a good option for those who are looking for a quick, shallow and informative reading of Mary Stuart's history. I like Stefan Zweig's biography the most.
É um bom livro, mas esperava mais de Alexandre Dumas. Trata-se de um romance biográfico da rainha da Escócia, Mary Stuart, que também era herdeira legítima da Coroa inglesa. Me incomodou um pouco a postura nacionalista de Alexandre Dumas (pró-França) ao narrar a disputa política entre Elizabeth I e Mary Stuart. Boa opção para quem deseja uma leitura rápida, rasa e meramente informativa sobre a história de Mary. Gostei mais da biografia de Stefan Zweig.
3,5
It is a good book, but I was expecting much more from Alexandre Dumas. It is a biographic novel of Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland, who was also heir of the English Crown. One of the problems of this book that bothered me was the nationalist attitude taken by Dumas (Pro-France) when describing the political dispute between Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart. It is a good option for those who are looking for a quick, shallow and informative reading of Mary Stuart's history. I like Stefan Zweig's biography the most.
April 1, 2021
Interessante riscrittura della vita di Maria Stuarda, della quale ho apprezzato la scelta dello scrittore di inserire, integrali, le lettere o il testamento, scritte di pugno dalla regina di Scozia. Questo perché permettono al lettore di ritagliarsi, in totale autonomia, il profilo psicologico della suddetta.
Al contrario, un limite del romanzo, a mio avviso, è la necessità del lettore di una conoscenza pregressa e più dettagliata degli avvenimenti storici. A questo scopo rimando a "Maria Stuarda" di Stefan Zweig. Infatti, se letto a posteriori rispetto a Zweig, il romanzo di Dumas permette di approfondire ancor più le vicende che hanno portato ad morte violenta Maria Stuarda.
Al contrario, un limite del romanzo, a mio avviso, è la necessità del lettore di una conoscenza pregressa e più dettagliata degli avvenimenti storici. A questo scopo rimando a "Maria Stuarda" di Stefan Zweig. Infatti, se letto a posteriori rispetto a Zweig, il romanzo di Dumas permette di approfondire ancor più le vicende che hanno portato ad morte violenta Maria Stuarda.
December 2, 2023
Muy interesante y ameno de leer. Me parece históricamente bastante riguroso. Le doy 3 estrellas porque el hecho de que no venga dividido en capítulos me resulta un poco farragoso, ya el libro se estructura como un relato muy continuo, sin pausa, y si (como yo) una vez empezado, durante un par de días no se puede leer, cuando se retoma cuesta un poco ubicarse de nuevo en la línea del relato. En general muy recomendable.
July 12, 2021
Entre 3,5* e 4*, não sei bem.
É uma história interessante, porém os capítulos são extensos e não há quebra dentro deles; em alguns momentos a leitura foi cansativa.
Há uma dramatização na narrativa, para tocar o leitor, que funciona.
É uma boa história para quem tem curiosidade de saber sobre a vida e morte de Mary Stuart, como eu.
É uma história interessante, porém os capítulos são extensos e não há quebra dentro deles; em alguns momentos a leitura foi cansativa.
Há uma dramatização na narrativa, para tocar o leitor, que funciona.
É uma boa história para quem tem curiosidade de saber sobre a vida e morte de Mary Stuart, como eu.
February 23, 2017
An interesting quick read. It is the first historical based book of the period that has made reference to "Greenwich Castle" which was demolished some years prior to where the Royal Observatory now stands!
February 14, 2021
Apesar de um início lento e alguns pontos desconexos, o livro cumpre seu propósito de apresentar uma ficção baseada na história.
Com certeza, não pode servir como base para estudo histórico, mas é uma ótima opção de leitura.
Com certeza, não pode servir como base para estudo histórico, mas é uma ótima opção de leitura.
October 1, 2021
é um livro ótimo pra quem quer se aprofundar nos incestos da família real. e é só isso mesmo kkkkkkk é tudo uma grande fofoca que em resumo: beth pata manca encalhada que odeia ver a felicidade dos outros da família e mata a prima pq ela gosta de dar.
e tá tudo bem.
e tá tudo bem.
October 23, 2021
A Rainha Mary fez umas boas burradas, principalmente por amor (quem nunca?) e pagou o preço por isso.
Ainda assim, não merecia o fim desonrado que teve.
Agora PRECISO saber sobre a vida da s****a Rainha Elisabeth I!
Ainda assim, não merecia o fim desonrado que teve.
Agora PRECISO saber sobre a vida da s****a Rainha Elisabeth I!
July 5, 2025
This one was a very dramatic, romantic history. It's quite detailed and evocative. The description of the moment Darnley enters and the Rizzio plot is enacted paints a particularly clear picture. Very clearly written by a fiction writer, even when it is factual it's still inducing a reaction.
December 3, 2025
Histórico sempre me conquista, mas eu esperava mais. Não sei bem o que eu esperava. Dumas conta alguns fatos e rasga uma seda danada para Mary, uma rainha que a História questiona a inocência...
Enfim, ótimo passatempo de qualquer forma. :-)
Enfim, ótimo passatempo de qualquer forma. :-)
February 28, 2016
Slamming my head in the car door , pickled pigs feet and this book are not for me !
June 19, 2012
Some stories are too appalling, but I loved the story of Mary Stuart, the queen of Scots.
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