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Drama at the courts of Queen Henrietta Maria

by Karen Britland · 2006

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A study of Queen Henrietta Maria's patronage of drama in England and her French heritage. This book considers her upbringing at the French court and her later exile in France during the English civil wars, and challenges the received notions about her activities in England during the 1630s.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
theatretheatreMore like thisLess of this
Setting
17th century17th centuryMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 292 pages

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