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A dramatic novel of passion, politics and betrayal from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl, in which Mary, Queen of Scots, fights to regain her kingdom whilst under the guard of Queen Elizabeth's trusted accomplice, Bess of Hardwick Mary is Queen of Scotland but she has been forced to flee her land and take refuge in an England that is ruled by her cousin Elizabeth. But England, precarious in its Protestant state, set against the mighty powers of Spain, France and Rome, doesn't need a charismatic Catholic figurehead at large. So Elizabeth's chief advisor, Cecil, devises a plan in which Mary will live under guard with his trusted accomplice: Bess of Hardwick. Bess is a self-made woman, a shrewd survivor. She is newly married to her fourth and most distinguished husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury. But what marriage can withstand the charms of Mary? Or the threat of rebellion that she always carries? Mary must wait in her privileged imprisonment for the return to Scotland and her infant son; but waiting is not the same as doing nothing! With her characteristic combination of superb storytelling and authentic historical background, Philippa Gregory brings to life this period of great change in her final novel in the Tudor series.
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Philippa Gregory has long been one of the most assured practitioners of historical fiction, but her profile was raised even higher by the film of her novel The Other Boleyn Girl. Gregory admirers, however, were heard to remark of that movie: 鮮ot as good as the book! And if her new novel, the highly accomplished The Other Queen is ever afforded the Hollywood treatment, there will no doubt be a similar chorus. The reason for this dedication by her readers is not hard to fathom: assiduously researched historical facts are married to consummate storytelling skills and the effortless ability to rescue historical figures from the dusty pages of the past.
At the centre of this novel is Mary Queen of Scotland, forced to flee into England. Mary, a devout Catholic, is, of course, a living threat to the rule of her cousin Elisabeth, whose Protestant reign is uncertain. We致e been here before, of course, in various books and films. But Philippa Gregory痴 story this time has a different emphasis: Elizabeth痴 chief advisor, Cecil, formulates a plan in which the destabilising Mary will live under guard with his faithful friend, Bess of Hardwick. Bess is a remarkable woman herself; someone who has forged her own destiny, and is now in her fourth marriage, to the distinguished Earl of Shrewsbury. But soon Bess and Mary find themselves plunged into very different personal crises with Bess痴 marriage under considerable strain.
The Other Queen is wonderfully accomplished stuff, evoking a much-pored-over era with a totally fresh eye.
--Barry Forshaw
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2 人中、2人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
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主人公はメアリ・ステュアート。語り手はメアリと彼女の看守の仕事を言いつけられたイングランド貴族シュルズベリー伯夫妻。
メアリがお人好しにもというか、人の感情を考えずに傷つけまくる癖を発揮してイングランドに亡命。エリザベスにもてあそばれる日々を書いたものです。
これ、エリザベスかセシルの側から書けば面白かったんだと思うんですが、逆からなので、メアリの馬鹿さ加減と自信過剰ぶり、シュルズベリー伯がどれほどメアリに惚れて自分の妻をないがしろにしたか、伯爵夫人がどれほど自分のお金をメアリの贅沢につぎ込まされたかということばかり書いてあって、腹が立つだけです。
アンチ・メアリには面白い読書かもしれないですが、登場人物を冷笑して楽しむというのは、あまりいい読書じゃないなあ。私はメアリが嫌いですが、それでもさすがに胃袋がもたれた。
メアリがエリザベスのことをけなす度に、恵まれた自分のことを棚に上げ、エリザベスの苦労や悲しみも考える余地はないのかとか、本当に他人の境遇を考慮できないんだなとかつっこむのも疲れました。
歴史的にも間違いだらけだし（プロテスタントが弱すぎるし、メアリの味方が多すぎるし、ウォルシンガムじゃなくセシルがスパイマスターだし。1570年にアルマダにいたっては、英語圏の学生でも失格でしょ）、後書きを読んだときは冗談かと思いましたよ。メアリはハートで、エリザベスは頭で統治する、メアリはロマンティックなフールであるという伝統的な見方に反論してみたって。いや、これほど頭を使わず、ロマンティックで現実が見えず、なおかつフールなメアリは初めて読みましたよ。
Jean PlaidyのCaptive Queen of Scotsを読んだ時は、ここまで嫌な気分にならなかったなあ。向こうよりは一般向けでドラマチックですが、向こうの方が読書としては健全だった。
メアリがお人好しにもというか、人の感情を考えずに傷つけまくる癖を発揮してイングランドに亡命。エリザベスにもてあそばれる日々を書いたものです。
これ、エリザベスかセシルの側から書けば面白かったんだと思うんですが、逆からなので、メアリの馬鹿さ加減と自信過剰ぶり、シュルズベリー伯がどれほどメアリに惚れて自分の妻をないがしろにしたか、伯爵夫人がどれほど自分のお金をメアリの贅沢につぎ込まされたかということばかり書いてあって、腹が立つだけです。
アンチ・メアリには面白い読書かもしれないですが、登場人物を冷笑して楽しむというのは、あまりいい読書じゃないなあ。私はメアリが嫌いですが、それでもさすがに胃袋がもたれた。
メアリがエリザベスのことをけなす度に、恵まれた自分のことを棚に上げ、エリザベスの苦労や悲しみも考える余地はないのかとか、本当に他人の境遇を考慮できないんだなとかつっこむのも疲れました。
歴史的にも間違いだらけだし（プロテスタントが弱すぎるし、メアリの味方が多すぎるし、ウォルシンガムじゃなくセシルがスパイマスターだし。1570年にアルマダにいたっては、英語圏の学生でも失格でしょ）、後書きを読んだときは冗談かと思いましたよ。メアリはハートで、エリザベスは頭で統治する、メアリはロマンティックなフールであるという伝統的な見方に反論してみたって。いや、これほど頭を使わず、ロマンティックで現実が見えず、なおかつフールなメアリは初めて読みましたよ。
Jean PlaidyのCaptive Queen of Scotsを読んだ時は、ここまで嫌な気分にならなかったなあ。向こうよりは一般向けでドラマチックですが、向こうの方が読書としては健全だった。
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152 人中、149人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
It's not a bad book, but nor is it terribly compelling.
2008/9/16
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"The Other Queen" is about Mary, Queen of Scots' imprisonment in England, focusing on the early years of her imprisonment. Like "The Boleyn Inheritance", the story alternates between three perspectives. The narrators are George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife, Bess of Hardwick who were charged with responsibility for the Queen; the third narrator is Mary, Queen of Scots. Bess is an ambitious social climber who initially thinks that hosting Queen Mary will be a way to advance the family fortunes, but who is dismayed to find that it drains their financial resources instead. George on the other hand becomes infatuated with the Queen, which causes irreparable friction in his own marriage.
I've enjoyed other books by Philippa Gregory, but The Other Queen lacks momentum. It's a long book and not a lot happens (and when things do happen, they're invariably taking place somewhere else, rather than happening to the characters who are telling the story). You get the feeling that most of the exciting parts of Mary's life have already taken place, so there is lots of time spent filling in her back story. I enjoyed the book in a mild way, but it felt so repetitive: countless variations on Bess complaining about money, George idealizing Mary and Mary telling us how charming she is. Bess was actually quite a remarkable woman for her time, but she comes across as being so unpleasant that she failed to elicit my sympathy. I was also disappointed that Elizabeth I barely appears - only in one short scene, when Talbot goes to London to meet with her.
As always, Philippa Gregory has done her research. I didn't necessarily agree with her interpretation of Mary's personality, but I couldn't fault it on historical grounds. It did feel however as if she couldn't quite make up her mind what the nature of Mary and Bothwell's relationship had been and why Mary had chosen to marry him, which I think is something that she needed to establish more clearly. Towards the end of the book events also get twisted and compressed, presumably to bring about a neater conclusion. Mary's execution (still 15 years away) is described in a dream sequence: couldn't Philippa Gregory come up with a better way to include it?
I kept waiting for the book to get going, but it never really did. At one stage Bess writes: "I can hardly believe that this nightmare goes on, goes on and on, and we never achieve victory and we never achieve peace". In many ways that reflects how I felt about the book. It's not a bad book, but nor is it terribly compelling.
I've enjoyed other books by Philippa Gregory, but The Other Queen lacks momentum. It's a long book and not a lot happens (and when things do happen, they're invariably taking place somewhere else, rather than happening to the characters who are telling the story). You get the feeling that most of the exciting parts of Mary's life have already taken place, so there is lots of time spent filling in her back story. I enjoyed the book in a mild way, but it felt so repetitive: countless variations on Bess complaining about money, George idealizing Mary and Mary telling us how charming she is. Bess was actually quite a remarkable woman for her time, but she comes across as being so unpleasant that she failed to elicit my sympathy. I was also disappointed that Elizabeth I barely appears - only in one short scene, when Talbot goes to London to meet with her.
As always, Philippa Gregory has done her research. I didn't necessarily agree with her interpretation of Mary's personality, but I couldn't fault it on historical grounds. It did feel however as if she couldn't quite make up her mind what the nature of Mary and Bothwell's relationship had been and why Mary had chosen to marry him, which I think is something that she needed to establish more clearly. Towards the end of the book events also get twisted and compressed, presumably to bring about a neater conclusion. Mary's execution (still 15 years away) is described in a dream sequence: couldn't Philippa Gregory come up with a better way to include it?
I kept waiting for the book to get going, but it never really did. At one stage Bess writes: "I can hardly believe that this nightmare goes on, goes on and on, and we never achieve victory and we never achieve peace". In many ways that reflects how I felt about the book. It's not a bad book, but nor is it terribly compelling.
59 人中、59人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Good Points and Bad Points
2008/9/19
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First the good points about this books.
1. This is Philippa Gregory, so you know that the writing will be well done and the research thorough
2. Very interesting take on the relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband Bothwell
Now the bad points:
1. As others have noted, practically nothing happens in this book. It drags
2. Most of the action happened in the past and is being retold
3. Unlike TOBG which had snappy dialogue that made you keep turning the pages, this feels like one long monologue told by several different people all droning on and on
All in all, three stars.
1. This is Philippa Gregory, so you know that the writing will be well done and the research thorough
2. Very interesting take on the relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband Bothwell
Now the bad points:
1. As others have noted, practically nothing happens in this book. It drags
2. Most of the action happened in the past and is being retold
3. Unlike TOBG which had snappy dialogue that made you keep turning the pages, this feels like one long monologue told by several different people all droning on and on
All in all, three stars.
56 人中、53人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
`She can speak three languages, but she can tell the truth in none of them.'
2008/10/4
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In 1568, Mary Queen of Scots sought refuge in England. She has trusted Elizabeth I's promise of sanctuary only to find herself imprisoned on Elizabeth's behalf by George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his wife Bess of Hardwick.
Ms Gregory has taken the familiar story of the imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots in England and presented the viewpoints of those obliged by Queen Elizabeth to act as her gaolers. The impact on the Shrewsburys should not be underestimated: keeping Mary Queen of Scots captive was not without its costs (both monetary and political). While Mary herself lived, she was both wittingly and unwittingly a focal point for political and religious intrigue.
In terms of the main characters in the novel, Mary herself comes across as manipulative and naive. Bess of Hardwick is far more interesting than her husband George, while Elizabeth herself is torn between removing the threat to her throne and herself and a reluctance to execute a fellow monarch. Ms Gregory presents an intriguing, if not always exciting, picture of a number of people thrown together by fate. This particular version of the story, focussed as it is on Mary's long period of imprisonment, not likely to bring much joy to those who prefer to see more action or a more sympathetic depiction of Mary. I enjoyed the novel without being fully swept up by it.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
Ms Gregory has taken the familiar story of the imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots in England and presented the viewpoints of those obliged by Queen Elizabeth to act as her gaolers. The impact on the Shrewsburys should not be underestimated: keeping Mary Queen of Scots captive was not without its costs (both monetary and political). While Mary herself lived, she was both wittingly and unwittingly a focal point for political and religious intrigue.
In terms of the main characters in the novel, Mary herself comes across as manipulative and naive. Bess of Hardwick is far more interesting than her husband George, while Elizabeth herself is torn between removing the threat to her throne and herself and a reluctance to execute a fellow monarch. Ms Gregory presents an intriguing, if not always exciting, picture of a number of people thrown together by fate. This particular version of the story, focussed as it is on Mary's long period of imprisonment, not likely to bring much joy to those who prefer to see more action or a more sympathetic depiction of Mary. I enjoyed the novel without being fully swept up by it.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
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