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Elizabeth I is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience and Mary's popularity, the Queen agonizes over the fate of her cousin amid fears for her own survival. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this acute study in the art of double dealing politics (The New York Times).
A new translation by Peter Oswald.
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About Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision.