It's the sort of biography of Mary which has long been needed."-The Scotsman "Lady Antonia Fraser tells Mary's story movingly, with scholarship, insight & balance. Her life then entered its best known phase: early struggles with John Knox & the Scottish nobility marriage to Darnley & his mysterious death marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her & her execution at age 44.įraser's biography, 4 years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, & provides an answer to the question, `What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?' Widowed less than 2 years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after a 13 year absence. Mary passed her childhood in France & married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at 16. Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was 1st published in '69, became an international bestseller & was translated into 9 languages. More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic & controversial figures in British history.
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