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Ungrateful Daughters by Maureen Waller
bookshelves: women, war, history, published-2001, autumn-2010, one-penny-wonder, nonfiction, dip-in-now-and-again, restoration, winter-20142015, newtome-author, tbr-busting-2015, stuarts, under-500-ratings, britain-england, protestant, roman-catholic
Read from September 02, 2010 to February 02, 2015
Description: In 1688, the birth of a Prince of Wales ignited a family quarrel-and a revolution. James II's drive towards Catholicism had alienated the nation and his two staunchly Protestant daughters by his first marriage, Mary and Anne, the "ungrateful daughters" who eventually usurped their father's crown and stole their half-brother's birthright.
Seven prominent men sent an invitation to William of Orange-James's nephew and son-in-law-to intervene in English affairs. But Mary and Anne also played a key role. Jealous and resentful of her hated stepmother, Anne had written a series of malicious letters to Mary in Holland, implying that the Queen's pregnancy was a hoax - a Catholic plot to deny Mary her rightful inheritance.
Distraught from being betrayed by his own children, James fled the kingdom. And even as the crown descended on her head, Mary knew she had incurred a father's curse. The sisters quarreled to the day of Mary's death at age 32. Anne did nothing to earn her father's forgiveness, and she declared her brother an outlaw with a price on his head.
James II 14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701
The Arms of England Inn, Faversham, Kent, December 1688: The seamen peered through the gloom at the tall, gaunt figure sitting motionless by the fire.
Again, one of those reads that have been on the dip-in/dip-out shelf for far too long. Enjoyable as it was to re-romp through these times, I am not convinced with the title of this book i.e that those girls were in anyway ungrateful, or stole the crown. I consider James II a feckless egit who lost the crown all on his very own.
3.5*
Seven prominent men sent an invitation to William of Orange-James's nephew and son-in-law-to intervene in English affairs. But Mary and Anne also played a key role. Jealous and resentful of her hated stepmother, Anne had written a series of malicious letters to Mary in Holland, implying that the Queen's pregnancy was a hoax - a Catholic plot to deny Mary her rightful inheritance.
Distraught from being betrayed by his own children, James fled the kingdom. And even as the crown descended on her head, Mary knew she had incurred a father's curse. The sisters quarreled to the day of Mary's death at age 32. Anne did nothing to earn her father's forgiveness, and she declared her brother an outlaw with a price on his head.
James II 14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701The Arms of England Inn, Faversham, Kent, December 1688: The seamen peered through the gloom at the tall, gaunt figure sitting motionless by the fire.
Again, one of those reads that have been on the dip-in/dip-out shelf for far too long. Enjoyable as it was to re-romp through these times, I am not convinced with the title of this book i.e that those girls were in anyway ungrateful, or stole the crown. I consider James II a feckless egit who lost the crown all on his very own.3.5*
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