Jennifer Morag HendersonRecensioni
Autore di Josephine Tey: A Life
Recensioni
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Jean was the daughter of the powerful northern lord, George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, known as the Cock of the North. Jean married the rather brutal James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, who later went on to form a disastrous marriage with Mary Queen of Scots. Jean then became the Countess of Sutherland through her marriage to Alexander Gordon. Finally she married her childhood sweetheart and thwarted romance, Alexander Ogilvie.
Aside from her marriages, Jean was a strong, intelligent and powerful woman in her own right who fought the political tides to maintain the stability and fortunes of her family.
This is a meticulously researched book and a fascinating look into what were turbulent and dangerous times, particularly for anyone close to the throne and its intrigues. Like many things focussed on the north of Scotland there are clan battles and feuds and some pretty wild yarns. Henderson manages the dichotomy between factual information and storytelling seamlessly, in a way that made this much more interesting, palatable reading than many biographies. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this era and place.