Henrietta Maria. Conspirator, Warrior, and Phoenix Queen

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Henrietta Maria, Charles I`s queen, is the most reviled consort in British history. Condemned as the `Popish brat of France` and a `notorious whore`, she remains in popular memory the woman who turned the king Catholic - so causing a civil war - and a cruel and bigoted mother.Leanda de Lisle unpicks these myths to reveal a very different queen. We meet a new bride who enjoyed annoying her uptight husband, who was a passionate advocate for the female voice in public affairs and who

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