{"product_id":"bess-of-hardwick-mary-queen-of-scots-and-the-cavendishes-cultural-legacies-of-captivity-9783031893551","title":"Bess of Hardwick, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Cavendishes: Cultural Legacies of Captivity","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Hopkins \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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51454072488210,"sku":"9783031893551","price":138.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15d1dd09-07ce-4e82-ae41-a108c9e1695a.jpg?v=1751993843","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bess-of-hardwick-mary-queen-of-scots-and-the-cavendishes-cultural-legacies-of-captivity-9783031893551","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}