The Politics of Court Scandal in Early Modern England: News Culture and the Overbury Affair, 1603-1660

This is the first detailed study of the political significance of the seventeenth-century's most notorious and sensational court scandal--the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury. Insisting that images of the scandalous court had serious political importance, the book retells the tale of Overbury's rise to power, his fall and murder in 1613, and the public revelation of the murder two years later. The book examines the production and circulation of news about the scandal and assesses the political significance of contemporary depictions of the affair.

Author: Alastair Bellany
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/25/2002
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780521782890

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2002 pg. 345

About the Author
Bellany, Alastair: - English-born Alastair Bellany was educated at Oxford and at Princeton, NJ. He was a lecturer at Stanford University, 1995-6, and is the author of several articles in both journals and edited books. The Politics of Court Scandal is his first book.

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