Two women competing for a mans heart Two queens fighting to the death fordominance The untold story of Mary Queen of ScotsThis dazzling novel fromthe 1 New York... » 

Two women competing for a mans heart Two queens fighting to the death fordominance The untold story of Mary Queen of ScotsThis dazzling novel fromthe 1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new andunique view of one of historys most intriguing romantic and maddeningheroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary Queen of Scotswho trusted Queen Elizabeths promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels inScotland and then found herself imprisoned as the guest of George TalbotEarl of Shrewsbury and his indomitable wife Bess of Hardwick.The newlymarried couple welcome the doomed queen into their home certain that servingas her hosts and jailers will bring them an advantage in the cutthroat world ofthe Elizabethan court. To their horror they find that the task will bankruptthem and as their home becomes the epicenter of intrigue and rebellion againstElizabeth their loyalty to each other and to their sovereign comes intoquestion. If Mary succeeds in seducing the earl into her own web of treacheryand treason or if the great spymaster William Cecil links them to the growingconspiracy to free Mary from her illegal imprisonment they will all face theheadsman.Philippa Gregory uses new research and her passion for historicalaccuracy to place a wellknown heroine in a completely new tale full ofsuspense passion and political intrigue. For years readers have clamored forGregory to tell Marys story and The Other Queen is the result of herdetermination to present a novel worthy of this extraordinary heroine. «