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Macbeth: The True Story - Softcover

Watson, Fiona

 
9780857381606: Macbeth: The True Story
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0857381601 ISBN 13: 9780857381606
Verlag: Quercus, 2011

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Thanks to Shakespeare, the name Macbeth has become a byword for political ambition realised by bloody violence. Fiona Watson has uncovered, buried beneath the layers of myth, a history that is entirely different from, but just as extraordinary as, that recounted by Shakespeare. As ruler of Alba (Scotland) Macbeth sat on one of the longest-established thrones in Western Europe. It is true that he killed Duncan, the previous king, but this was the normal, if brutal, method of regime change in Dark Age Scotland.

The reality is that Macbeth quickly established himself as an effective and popular ruler. As a Celtic warrior-king, he was responsible for the maintenance of his people's dominance of northern Britain. A friend to the Church and valiant protector of his people, the real Macbeth epitomised the contemporary model of vigorous medieval kingship. His fascinating story, long overdue in the telling, is done full justice in Fiona Watson's authoritative and compelling narrative.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Fiona Watson is a Senior Lecturer in Scottish History and Director of the Centre for Environmental History and Policy at the University of Stirling. She is the author of Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland, 1296-1305 and presents History File on BBC Radio Scotland.

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Verlag
Quercus
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0857381601
ISBN 13 
9780857381606
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
350
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Verantwortliche Person
Hachette Ireland, Hachette UK
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