An extraordinary life
lost in history: the compelling biography of Arbella Stuart spans both
Tudor and Stuart courts and encompasses espionage, a clandestine
marriage, imprisonment and eventual death in the Tower of London.
Arbella
Stuart was the niece of Mary Queen of Scots and first cousin to James
VI of Scotland.
Acknowledged as her heir by Elizabeth 1, Arbella's right
to the English throne was equaled only by James.
Raised under close
supervision by her grandmother, but still surrounded by plots -- most of
them Roman Catholic in origin -- she became an important pawn in the
struggle for succession, particularly during the long, tense period when
Elizabeth lay dying.
The accession of her cousin James thrust her into
the colourful world of his extravagant and licentious court, and briefly
gave her the independence she craved at the heart of Jacobean society.
At thirty-five, however, Arbella's fate was sealed when she risked
everything to make a forbidden marriage, for which she was forced to
flee England. She was intercepted off the coast of Calais and escorted
to the Tower where she died some years later, alone and, most probably,
from starvation.
This is a powerful and vivid portrait of a woman
forced to carve a precarious path through turbulent years. But more
remarkably, the turmoil of Arbella's life never prevented her from
claiming the right to love freely, to speak her wrongs loudly, and to
control her own destiny. For fans of historical biography, Arbella is
possibly the most romantic heroine of them all. Hers was a story just
waiting to be told.
Sarah Gristwood is a journalist and
broadcaster, specializing in the arts and women's issues. She is the
author of one previous book, Recording Angels, a study of women's diaries through the ages.
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