The Queen's Quair
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The Queen's Quair

or, The Six Years' Tragedy

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eBook - ePub

The Queen's Quair

or, The Six Years' Tragedy

About this book

Mary Stuart from her return to Scotland to Carberry Hill - Darnley, Rizzio, Bothwell and the six years in which she lost everything. Hewlett wrote her sympathetically and without deciding the Casket Letters question. This edition is bound with a gallery of 42 plates, among them paintings by FranƧois Clouet, Hans Muelich and Abu al-Hasan, ranging in date from 1528 to 1910.

Information

Publisher
Aeneas Press
Year
2026
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9785486950810
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. The Queenā€™s Quair
  4. Authorā€™s Prologue
  5. Chapter I Here You Are in the Antechamber
  6. Chapter II Here You Step Into the Fog
  7. Chapter III Superficial Properties of the Honeypot
  8. Chapter IV Rough Music Here
  9. Chapter V Here Are Flies at the Honeypot
  10. Chapter VI The Foolā€™s Whip
  11. Chapter VII Gordonā€™s Bane
  12. Chapter VIII The Divorce of Mary Livingstone (To an Italian Air)
  13. Chapter IX Air of St. Andrew: Adonis and the Scapegoat
  14. Chapter X They Look and Like
  15. Chapter XI Prothalamium: Venus Wins Fair Adonis
  16. Chapter XII Epithalamium: End of All Maidsā€™ Adventure
  17. Chapter I Opinions of French Paris Upon Some Late Events
  18. Chapter II Griefs and Consolations of Adonis
  19. Chapter III Divers Uses of a Hardy Man
  20. Chapter IV Many Dogs
  21. Chapter V Midnight Experiences of Jean-Marie-Baptiste Des-Essars
  22. Chapter VI Venus in the Toils
  23. Chapter VII Aftertaste
  24. Chapter VIII Kingā€™s Evil
  25. Chapter IX The Washing of Hands
  26. Chapter X Extracts from the Diurnall of the Master of Sempill
  27. Chapter XI Armida Doubtful in the Garden
  28. Chapter XII Scotchmenā€™s Business
  29. Chapter I Stormy Opening
  30. Chapter II The Brainsick Sonata
  31. Chapter III Descant Upon a Theme as Old as Jason
  32. Chapter IV She Looks Back Once
  33. Chapter V Medea in the Bedchamber
  34. Chapter VI Kirk Oā€™ Field
  35. Chapter VII The Red Bridegroom
  36. Chapter VIII The Brideā€™s Prelude
  37. Chapter IX The Brideā€™s Tragedy
  38. Chapter X The Knocking at Borthwick
  39. Chapter XI Appassionata
  40. Chapter XII Addolorata
  41. Epilogue Wherein We Have a Great Man Greatly Moved
  42. About the Author

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