The Lost Tudor Princess : The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas (Hardcover)

from amerynth

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 rathe...

from Cariola

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 pla...

from starbox

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 p...

from briandrewz

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 thr...

from Melisende

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 wo...