Her ill-fated marriages to Darnley and Bothwell, her incessant struggle with political and religious saboteurs, her flight to England and subsequent imprisonment-all provoke the fierce religious and personal loyalties that led to her execution at Fotheringhay-Front flap. One of the greatest international bestsellers of the post-war period Andrew Roberts, Daily TelegraphReads like an engrossing novel.

Her golden years as a French princess, when she was cherished and protected by her mother's House of Guise, and her brief marriage to the French king Francis II present a vivid contrast to the bitterness and unrelenting hatred she faced when she left her adoptive land to reenter Protestant Scotland as its Catholic ruler. Instead, she is seen as an intensely feminine, regal yet tragic figure, a woman consistently and treacherously betrayed by those closest to her. Antonia Frasers bestselling biography of one of the most romantic and controversial figures. In this monumental work, Antonia Fraser depicts all the romance, color, comedy, and tragedy that tempered the life and times of Mary Stuart, a woman who survived religious revolt and political opposition in her native land only to be denied her freedom and eventually her life, by her rival and kinswoman, Elizabeth.Mary Queen of Scots convincingly repudiates the popular notion of Mary as a violent and tyrannical ruler. Buy a used copy of Mary, Queen of Scots book by Antonia Fraser. Warmth, sympathy and compassion blend magnificently in this remarkably human biography of one of history's most controversial figures. Praise for Mary Queen of Scots She was sometimes reviled as a scheming whore, sometimes revered as a misunderstood martyr. Antonia Fraser Mary Queen Of Scots Hardcover 17 Feb.

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