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Weir, Alison,

The lost Tudor princess : the life of Margaret Douglas of Scotland - xxix, 537 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A fair young lady -- Disdained with dishonour -- The princess of Scotland -- Suffering in sorrow -- Now may I mourn -- Beware the third time -- A strong man of personage -- This happy match -- Great unnaturalness -- The person best suited to succeed -- The second person in the kingdom -- Her son should be king -- Indignation and punishment -- Lady Lennox's disgrace -- Strait imprisonment -- In great trouble -- Horrible and abominable murder -- Business most vile -- Treason bereft me -- The hasty marriage -- Till death do finish my days -- A progenitor of princes.

From New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir comes the first biography of Lady Mary Douglas, the beautiful, cunning niece of Henry VIII of England, who used her sharp intelligence and covert power to influence the Tudor succession after the death of Elizabeth I. --Publisher

ISBN: 9780345521392 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0345521390 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2015037958

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lennox, Margaret Douglas, Countess of, 1515-1578.
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 --Family.
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 --Family.
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
Lennox, Margaret Douglas, Countess of, 1515-1578.
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1485 - 1603

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nobility--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Nobility--Great Britain--Biography.
Families.
Nobility.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603--Biography.
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Biography.

LC Class. No.: DA317.8.L49 / W45 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 942.05/2092 B