A Comprehensive
review of Alan Nelson's Monstrous Adversary 2003
This review is copyright © 2003 by Robert Brazil
Additional reviews and comments copyright
© 2003 by Robert Detobel, Barboura Flues,
Thomas Hunter, and others.
Introductory
Comments about Monstrous Adversary
Nelson's book is divided into 85 chapters arrayed into 13 sections.
My review of his book follows the same chronological scheme:
Part
1 Roots 1548-1562 - 1.
Oxford's Essex, 2. Progenitors, 3. Doubtful Marriage, 4. Infancy and
Childhood, 5. The Education of Lord Bolbec, 6. Long Live the Queen,
7. The Earl is Dead
Part 2a
Youth 1562-1571 - 8.
London Wardship, 9. Early Teens
Part 2b Youth 1562-1571 NEW
- 10. First Blood, 11. Restless Youth, 12. Best Friends,
13. Necromancer, 14. Oxford's Letters
Part 3
Emancipation 1571-1574 NEW - 15.
Majority and Marriage, 16. Country Muses, 17. Country Matters, 18. Murder
Part 4 Exploration 1574-1576
Part 5 Alienation 1576-1579
Part 6 Intrigue 1579-1580
Part 7 Sedition 1580-1581
Part 8 Release 1581-1585
Part 9 Reiteration 1586-1591
Part 10 Renewal 1592-1595
Part 11 Re-engagement 1595-1599
Part 12 Decline 1600-1604
Part 13 Aftermath 1604-1613
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