![]() ![]() The life of Mary Stuart is one of unparalleled drama and conflict. ![]() At twenty-five she entered captivity at the hands of her rival queen, from which only death would release her. ![]() She rode out at the head of an army in both victory and defeat saw her second husband assassinated, and married his murderer. 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. A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today. ![]()
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