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    The Lost Tudor Princess
    The Lost Tudor Princess
    The Lost Tudor Princess
    Audiobook20 hours

    The Lost Tudor Princess

    Written by Alison Weir

    Narrated by Maggie Mash

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. 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. Beautiful and tempestuous, she created scandal, not just once, but twice, by falling in love with unsuitable men. Fortunately, the marriage arranged for her turned into a love match.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateOct 1, 2015
    ISBN9781510017627
    The Lost Tudor Princess

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    • 5/5
      Moving story of Margaret Lennox . A very decent read
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      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..
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 2/5
      Had I not listened to this on audio I would’ve given up on it. If Alison Weir wasn’t one of my favourite authors I would’ve stopped listening anyway. I did still fast-forward a couple of bits, as extensive inventories do not make for compelling reading.Despite the meticulous research, this is a very dry biography, which would’ve benefited from some heavy editing. As well as tedious lists of fabrics, jewellery, etc., at times the focus shifts to other personages that bear little – if any – relevance to the subject matter. For example, I see no need whatsoever for recalling Margaret Pole’s horrific execution. Not being a poetry fan, my concentration ebbed during poems reproduced by Margaret Tudor and some of her contemporaries, though at least these were relevant to the biography. We also get much of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I’s stories rehashed, too, which should’ve been limited.At times I felt engaged by the narrative, but the dry narrative, the excess detail, the amount of poetry, and the wandering-off-topic moments spoil what could’ve been an entertaining biography.
    • 1/5
      Why do I keep giving Weir chance after chance. Yet another 500 plus pages of history lessons replacing much lacking fact. Another case of quantity over quality.Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, mother of Darnley and mother-in-law of Mary Queen of Scots - yes, a lost Tudor princess; yes, a woman whose life deserves the spotlight; yes, another case where fact is more interesting than fiction. A woman whose life reveals to us very little - and yet - 500 plus pages!I have said this over and over - I would rather 100 pages of what is known rather than 500 pages of boring, rehashed history, personal opinion, and filling in the gaps with dates and documents. As I stated in my review of Weir's "Elizabeth or York" - "I am trying very hard to fathom the amount of actual information there is on Elizabeth that was worthy of 600 odd pages - quite frankly it required barely a quarter in my opinion. The larger the book ... overcompensating for a distinct lack of anything else.". The same can be said, I am sorry to say, of this tome on Margaret Douglas.
    • 4/5
      This was a highly engaging account of the life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. Margaret was a niece of Henry VIII and a first cousin of his daughters, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Margaret was of a passionate nature, and her life mainly consisted of advancing the claims of her sons to the throne England. At times her actions were treasonous, and one wonders why Elizabeth I never put her cousin to death for her schemes. Margaret was the mother-in-law of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the grandmother of King James VI of Scotland. Following Elizabeth I's death, he became James I of England, thus uniting the thrones of Scotland and England, and realizing all of his grandmother's ambitions.One of the things I liked most about the book was the apparent love story between Margaret and her husband, Matthew Stewart, Earl of Lennox. During their imprisonment in the Tower of London, the two wrote poetry to each other, and many of these poems are included in the book. I also felt sorry for Margaret at the loss of her first love, Lord Thomas Howard.Alison Weir is to be commended for this fine addition to Tudor history. It's the story of a key player in that saga.
    • 4/5
      Margaret Douglas was a niece of Henry VIII, born of his sister Margaret Tudor's second marriage to Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus; her first was to James IV, King of Scotland (making her the grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots). In the drawn out battles of Tudor succession, Margaret Douglas played a prominent role. As a Catholic, her possible claim to the throne was supported by many of her faith, both at home and abroad, but the fact that she was born in Scotland excluded her. However, her son Henry, Lord Darnley, who was born in England, gave hope to the Catholic cause, particularly after his marriage to his cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots.Weir outlines Margaret Douglas's heritage and the difficult years she had under the reigns of her uncle and, subsequently, her cousins Edward and Elizabeth. (She was, for the short time that Mary reigned, in favor at court.) Her plans for marriage to two men of the Howard family were thwarted, but she finally married Matthew Stewart, Earl of Lennox, a prominent Scottish nobleman who had pledged allegiance to Henry VIII. Theirs was a long and loving marriage--but not one without its problems, both personal and political. Margaret, who had suffered several miscarriages and the deaths of infant children, never got over the murder of her son, Lord Darnley, in Scotland, and she suffered from being kept from ever seeing her grandson, James, child king of Scotland and later successor to Elizabeth I.Weir's biography, while interesting, is long, minutely detailed, and somewhat repetitious. Anyone researching the religious and dynastic issues of sixteenth-century England will find her to be a lesser-known but important figure. It is not, however, light reading for the casual Tudor junkie. Still, Margaret's story emphasizes the difficult lives of women in the period, even wealthy women of royal blood.
    • 5/5
      Thoroughly researched and engaging . I had never heard of Margaret Douglas before, despite being familiar with the Tudors, so I really enjoyed the fresh perspective on the period. Weir has an incredible wealth of source material to draw from and it is skilfully integrated throughout.