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Genre/Form: | Biography History |
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Named Person: | Frances Howard Carr Somerset, Countess of; Frances Howard Carr Somerset, Countess of; Thomas Overbury; Frances H Somerset; Frances H Somerset; Thomas Overbury |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Lindley |
ISBN: | 0415052068 9780415052061 0415144248 9780415144247 |
OCLC Number: | 27812176 |
Description: | ix, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | 1. The first trial: An arranged marriage -- 2. Interlude: Filling in the blanks -- 3. The second trial: Seeking an annulment -- 4. Interlude: Celebration -- 5. The third trial: Murder. |
Responsibility: | David Lindley. |
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Abstract:
David Lindley re-examines the murder trials of Frances Howard and the historical representations of her as 'wife, a witch, a murderess and a whore', challenging the assumptions that have constructed her as a model of female villainy.
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"Lindley's book is that extremely rare academic book that reads like a page-turner and murder mystery...."-" Susan Cerasano, Colgate University
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