Chapter 11 The Heart of Midlothian: Contesting the Royal Right of Mercy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter iii
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction: The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte: Commencing History 1
5. Part I Crusading Kings
6. Chapter 1 Ivanhoe: Constructing a National Myth 27
7. Chapter 2 The Talisman: The King’s Two Bodies under Stress 45
8. Chapter 3 The Betrothed: Sovereign Power and the Clash of Cultures 60
9. Part II Rival Queens
10. Chapter 4 The Abbot: Romancing the Sovereign Body 79
11. Chapter 5 Kenilworth: Performance and Power in Elizabeth’s England 94
12. Part III Stuart Ways of Ruling
13. Chapter 6 The Fortunes of Nigel: Ungainly Sovereignty as Saving Grace 111
14. Chapter 7 Peveril of the Peak: Plotting the King’s Two Bodies 126
15. Chapter 8 Woodstock: The Once and Future King 141
16. Part IV Hanoverian Mercy
17. Chapter 9 Waverley: Dynastic Exigencies and Filial Service 157
18. Chapter 10 Redgauntlet: Jacobite Delusions and Hanoverian Hopes 174
19. Chapter 11 The Heart of Midlothian: Contesting the Royal Right of Mercy 189
20. Conclusion: Anne of Geierstein and the Failure of Royal Ambitions 206
21. Works Cited 219
22. Index 239