The Trials of Frances Howard

by David Lindley

David Lindley re-examines the murder trials of Frances Howard and the historical representations of her as `wife, a witch, a murderess and a whore', challenging the assumptions that have constructed her as a model of female villainy.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

Hardcover

First published December 2, 1993

About the author

David Lindley is a theoretical physicist and author. He holds a B.A. in theoretical physics from Cambridge University and a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Sussex. Then he was a postdoctoral researcher at Cambridge University.

Reviews

[Michael P. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A superb book that shows the things said about Howard are inseparable from the unfounded suppositions about women common at the time. This is shown in part through a number of literary texts. Of special interest to me is chapter 2, which looks at the masques and other entertainments written by Jonson, Daniel, and others in which Howard participated. Absolutely fascinating.

[Melisende]

Read something similar to this - will have to discover if it is just a different title for a different country.