The Other Queen. Philippa Gregory

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       1569, November, Coventry: Mary

       1569, November, Coventry: Bess

       1569, November, Coventry: George

       1569, Christmas Eve, Coventry: Mary

       1569, December, Coventry: Bess

       1569, December, Coventry: George

       1569, December, Coventry: Mary

       1569, December, Coventry: George

       1569, December, Coventry: Mary

       1569, December, Coventry: Bess

       1569, December, Coventry: George

       1569, December, Coventry: Bess

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: George

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: Mary

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: Bess

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: Mary

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: George

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: Bess

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: Mary

       1570, January, Windsor Castle: George

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: Bess

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: Mary

       1570, January, Tutbury Castle: George

       1570, February, Tutbury Castle: Bess

       1570, February, Tutbury Castle: Mary

       1570, April, Tutbury Castle: George

       1570, May, Tutbury Castle: Mary

       1570, May, Chatsworth: Bess

       1570, May, on the road to Chatsworth: Mary

       1570, June, Chatsworth: George

       1570, June, Chatsworth: Bess

       1570, June, Chatsworth: Mary

       1570, June, Chatsworth: George

       1570, August, Wingfield Manor: Mary

       1570, September, Chatsworth: Bess

       1570, September, Chatsworth: Mary

       1570, October, Chatsworth: Bess

       1570, October, Chatsworth: Mary

       1570, Winter, Sheffield Castle: George

       1571, February, Sheffield Castle: Bess

       1571, February, Sheffield Castle: Mary

       1571, March, Sheffield Castle: George

       1571, March, on the road from Sheffield Castle to Tutbury: Bess

       1571, April, Tutbury Castle: George

       1571, August, Tutbury Castle: Mary

       1571, September, Sheffield Castle: Bess

       1571, September, Sheffield Castle: George

       1571, October, Sheffield Castle: Bess

       1571, November, Sheffield Castle: Mary

       1571, December, Sheffield Castle: George

       1571, December, Chatsworth: Mary

       1572, January, Cold Harbour House, London: George

       1572, January, Sheffield Castle: Bess

       1572, January, Sheffield Castle: Mary

       January 16th, 1572, Westminster Hall, London: George

       1572, January, Sheffield Castle: Bess

       1572, January, Sheffield Castle: Mary

       1572, January, London: George

       1572, January, Sheffield Castle: Mary

       1572, March, Chatsworth: Bess

       June 1st, 1572, London: George

       February 8th, 1587, Hardwick Hall: Bess

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       1568, Autumn, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire: Bess

      Every woman should marry for her own advantage since her husband will represent her, as visible as her front door, for the rest of his life. If she chooses a wastrel she will be avoided by all her neighbours as a poor woman; catch a duke and she will be Your Grace, and everyone will be her friend. She can be pious, she can be learned, she can be witty and wise and beautiful; but if she is married to a fool she will be ‘that poor Mrs Fool’ until the day he dies.

      And I have good reason to respect my own opinion in the matter of husbands having had three of them, and each one, God bless him, served as stepping stone to the next until I got my fourth, my earl, and I am now ‘my lady Countess of Shrewsbury’: a rise greater than that of any woman I know. I am where I am today by making the most of myself, and getting the best price for what I could bring to market. I am a self-made woman – self-made, self-polished and self-sold – and proud of it.

      Indeed, no woman in England has done better than me. For though we have a queen on the throne, she is only there by the skill of her mother, and the feebleness of her father’s СКАЧАТЬ