| Description |
xiii, 581 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
The first year -- The rough wooings -- Arrival in France -- Adolescence -- Education -- A dynastic marriage -- Betrayed queen -- Return to Scotland -- Into the labyrinth -- A meeting between sisters -- A search for a husband -- "My heart is my own" -- A marriage of convenience -- Enter Bothwell -- A marriage in trouble -- Assassination one -- Reconciliation -- Plot and counterplot -- Assassination two -- A love match? -- Dénouement in Scotland -- Mary's story -- Bothwell's story -- The Lords' story -- Casket letters I -- Casket letters II -- Captive queen -- An ax or an act? -- Nemesis -- The final hours. |
| Note |
"A Mariner book." |
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Also published with the title My heart is my own : the life of Mary Queen of Scots. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [530]-541) and index. |
| Summary |
"John Guy has unearthed a wealth of evidence that upends the popular notion of Mary Queen of Scots as a female fatale and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I." "Guy draws on sources as varied as the secret communiques of English spies and Mary's own letters (many hitherto unstudied) to depict her world and her actions with stunning immediacy. Here is a reappraisal of her multifaceted character and prodigious political skill. Guy dispels the ingrained popular image of Mary as a romantic leading lady, achieving her ends through feminine wiles, driven by love to murder, undone by passion and bad judgement. Through his pioneering research, we come to see her as an emotionally intricate woman and an adroit diplomat, maneuvering ingeniously among a dizzying array of factions - the French, the English, duplicitous Scottish nobles, and religious zealots - who sought to control or dethrone her. Guy's investigation of Mary's storied downfall throws sharp new light on questions that have baffled historians for centuries, and offers convincing new evidence that she was framed for the murder for which she was beheaded."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.
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Queens -- Scotland -- Biography.
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Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Guy, J. A. (John Alexander).
Queen of Scots.
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| ISBN |
9780618619177 paperback |
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0618619178 paperback |
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