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A dated book but very precise, ruthless and clear as only Stefan Zweig manages to be in his works. Mary comes out of it as an intelligent woman, pure and firm in faith, but who on a clear day of her life will live a complete and total transformation. The love that will lead her to tragic and devastating choices... a blind, total love, her death sentence.
I was shocked by her letters often reported by Zweig, Mary shows a vast culture, almost makes pale the average knowledge of the 2020's man!!
Touching, heartbreaking but also full of reasons and logic to which the reader can only give full approval.
The book is very long, often slow.... it gives the reader a complete picture of the political and historical situation of Scotland in England in 1560.
The final part, where the strategic and political positions of Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart are compared, is chilling.
Un libro sicuramente datato, ma preciso, spietato e chiaro come solo Stefan Zweig riesce ad esserlo nelle sue opere. Mary ne esce come una donna intelligente, pura e ferma nella fede, ma che in un chiaro giorno della sua vita vivrà una completa e totale trasformazione. L' amore che la porterà a scelte tragiche e devastanti... un amore cieco, totale, la sua condanna a morte.
Sono rimasta scioccata dall' epistolario spesso riportato da Zweig, Mary mostra una cultura vastissima, quasi fa impallidire la conoscenza media dell' uomo del 2020!!
Toccanti, strazianti ma anche piene di ragioni e logiche a cui il lettore non può che dare la sua piena approvazione.
Il libro è molto lungo, spesso lento.....consegna comunque al lettore una completa scena della situazione politica e storica della Scozia a Inghilterra del 1560.
Da brividi la parte finale, dove vengono paragonate le posizioni strategiche e politiche di Elisabetta I e Mary Stuart.
I was shocked by her letters often reported by Zweig, Mary shows a vast culture, almost makes pale the average knowledge of the 2020's man!!
Touching, heartbreaking but also full of reasons and logic to which the reader can only give full approval.
The book is very long, often slow.... it gives the reader a complete picture of the political and historical situation of Scotland in England in 1560.
The final part, where the strategic and political positions of Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart are compared, is chilling.
Un libro sicuramente datato, ma preciso, spietato e chiaro come solo Stefan Zweig riesce ad esserlo nelle sue opere. Mary ne esce come una donna intelligente, pura e ferma nella fede, ma che in un chiaro giorno della sua vita vivrà una completa e totale trasformazione. L' amore che la porterà a scelte tragiche e devastanti... un amore cieco, totale, la sua condanna a morte.
Sono rimasta scioccata dall' epistolario spesso riportato da Zweig, Mary mostra una cultura vastissima, quasi fa impallidire la conoscenza media dell' uomo del 2020!!
Toccanti, strazianti ma anche piene di ragioni e logiche a cui il lettore non può che dare la sua piena approvazione.
Il libro è molto lungo, spesso lento.....consegna comunque al lettore una completa scena della situazione politica e storica della Scozia a Inghilterra del 1560.
Da brividi la parte finale, dove vengono paragonate le posizioni strategiche e politiche di Elisabetta I e Mary Stuart.
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I bought it. Perhaps this year
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Ines, great review. Sounds like a compelling piece of historical fiction. If it weren't very long, I might just be tempted because it is Zweig's work.
Laysee wrote: "Ines, great review. Sounds like a compelling piece of historical fiction. If it weren't very long, I might just be tempted because it is Zweig's work."yes, i really liked this book! you can give it a try 👍😉
AGamarra wrote: "I bought it. Perhaps this year"😉
Very nice review, Ines! I'll certainly like to read this novel by Stefan Zweig! Especially now I finished Hilary Mantel's third novel of her Cromwell trilogy. I am curious how Zweig describes Mary! On one of my piles I also have his novel on Marie Antoinette. Should be interesting too,How are things with you, dear Ines? You must be so relieved that your strict lockdown is over! Hope all is alright with you and yours!
Hanneke wrote: "Very nice review, Ines! I'll certainly like to read this novel by Stefan Zweig! Especially now I finished Hilary Mantel's third novel of her Cromwell trilogy. I am curious how Zweig describes Mary!..."Hi Hanneke! we are fine, and we are back to our "New" normal life....so sad that many shops and restaurants did not go back to their business but ended their activities.
How are you in Amsterdam?
Dear Ines, so good to hear that you are fine and are busy adapting to a new normal. Here all is fine too, although I am being very careful. Yes, I am scared too that many shops and restaurants will go bankrupt. Time will tell how it will turn out eventually. We can only hope that there will not be a new serious wave, but so far so good.
