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Unnatural Murder: Poison In The Court Of James I (Paperback)
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'Wonderfully dramatic ... Probably the juiciest court scandal of
the past 500 years' Christopher Hudson, Daily Mail 'A sordid yet
fascinating story' Antonia Fraser, The Times In the autumn of 1615
the Earl and Countess of Somerset were detained on suspicion of
having murdered Sir Thomas Overbury. The arrest of these leading
court figures created a sensation. The young and beautiful Countess
of Somerset had already achieved notoriety when she had divorced
her first husband in controversial circumstances. The Earl of
Somerset was one of the richest and most powerful men in the
kingdom, having risen to prominence as the male 'favourite' of
England's homosexual monarch, James I. In the coming weeks it was
claimed that, after sending Sir Thomas Overbury poisoned tarts and
jellies, the Somersets had finally killed him by arranging for an
enema of mercury sublimate to be administered. In a vivid
narrative, Anne Somerset unravels these extraordinary events, which
were widely regarded as an extreme manifestation of the corruption
and vice that disfigured the court during this period. It is, at
once, a story rich in passion and intrigue and a murder mystery,
for, despite the guilty verdicts, there is much about Overbury's
death that remains enigmatic. Infinitely more than a gripping
personal tragedy, the Overbury murder case profoundly damaged the
monarchy, and constituted the greatest court scandal in English
history.
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