A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary,
Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today. She
was crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months of age, and Queen of
France at sixteen years; at eighteen she ascended the throne that
was her birthright and began ruling one of the most fractious
courts in Europe, riven by religious conflict and personal lust for
power. She rode out at the head of an army in both victory and
defeat; saw her second husband assassinated, and married his
murderer. At twenty-five she entered captivity at the hands of her
rival queen, from which only death would release her. The life of
Mary Stuart is one of unparalleled drama and conflict. From the
labyrinthine plots laid by the Scottish lords to wrest power for
themselves, to the efforts made by Elizabeth's ministers to
invalidate Mary's legitimate claim to the English throne, John Guy
returns to the archives to explode the myths and correct the
inaccuracies that surround this most fascinating monarch. He also
explains a central mystery: why Mary would have consented to marry
-- only three months after the death of her second husband, Lord
Darnley -- the man who was said t
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