{"product_id":"9783031893551","title":"Bess of Hardwick, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Cavendishes Cultural Legacies of Captivity","description":"\u003ch3\u003eQueenship and Power\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBess of Hardwick, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Cavendishes\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCultural Legacies of Captivity\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLisa Hopkins\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Great Britain \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the cultural legacies of the fifteen years that Mary Queen of Scots spent as a prisoner in the household of Bess of Hardwick and her fourth husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury. It proposes four main areas of influence: first, that although Mary never visited Hardwick New Hall, the experience of keeping Mary captive affected the way that Bess conceived and furnished the house; second, that Mary’s insistence on having copious meals ceremonially served to her can be traced in the recipe and remedy books of two of Bess’s granddaughters; third, that Mary’s status as royal prisoner is echoed in the life of a third granddaughter, Lady Arbella Stuart; and fourth, that the necessity of defending Cavendish-Talbot residences from attack informed the way that Bess’s son Charles Cavendish built Bolsover Castle and coloured the way that two of Bess’s great-granddaughters described their experiences during the English Civil War in a jointly authored play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eLisa Hopkins \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor Emerita of English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is a co-editor of \u003cem\u003eJournal of Marlowe Studies \u003c\/em\u003eand of \u003cem\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, the journal of the British Shakespeare Association, and a series editor for Arden Critical Readers and Arden Studies in Early Modern Drama. Her most recent publications include \u003cem\u003eReading the River in Shakespeare’s Britain\u003c\/em\u003e, co-edited with Bill Angus, and her edition of John Ford’s \u003cem\u003eThe Queen\u003c\/em\u003e. She also writes about detective fiction; her book \u003cem\u003eOcular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFiction \u003c\/em\u003ewas published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 May 2025\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031893551\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e187\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44317739090060,"sku":"9783031893551","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031893551.jpg?v=1780597991","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031893551","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}