Author: Jacob Abbott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Mary Queen of Scots
Author: Susan Watkins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500288177
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fascinating but ultimately tragic tale of Mary, Queen of Scots, holds eternal appeal. In this beautifully illustrated book, Susan Watkins re-creates the world in which Mary lived the landscapes, the palaces and the courtly culture, and the fine details of the domestic scene in vivid word pictures, which give life to the wealth of historical illustrations and specially taken photographs by Mark Fiennes, who accompanied Susan Watkins on her journey in search of the true story behind the Queen across three countries.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500288177
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fascinating but ultimately tragic tale of Mary, Queen of Scots, holds eternal appeal. In this beautifully illustrated book, Susan Watkins re-creates the world in which Mary lived the landscapes, the palaces and the courtly culture, and the fine details of the domestic scene in vivid word pictures, which give life to the wealth of historical illustrations and specially taken photographs by Mark Fiennes, who accompanied Susan Watkins on her journey in search of the true story behind the Queen across three countries.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Author: Jacob Abbott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
Author: Mary (Queen of Scots)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Queens
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Queens
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Mary, Queen of Scots
Author: Antonia Fraser
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Mary is seen as an intensely feminine, regal yet tragic figure, more sinned against than sinning, and one who was treacherously betrayed by those closest to her.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Mary is seen as an intensely feminine, regal yet tragic figure, more sinned against than sinning, and one who was treacherously betrayed by those closest to her.
My Heart is My Own
Author: John Alexander Guy
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1841157538
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
This book is a reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. 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 to be his killer, the Earl of Bothwell. He also solves, through careful re-examination of the Casket Letters, the secret behind Darnley's spectacular assassination at Kirk o'Field.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1841157538
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
This book is a reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. 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 to be his killer, the Earl of Bothwell. He also solves, through careful re-examination of the Casket Letters, the secret behind Darnley's spectacular assassination at Kirk o'Field.
Mary Queen of Scots
Author: Jenny Wormald
Publisher: Philip's
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, was one of history's romantically tragic figures. Devious, naive, often highly principled, beautiful, and sexually voracious, this was a woman who secured the Scottish throne and bolstered the position of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Her endless plotting, including a likely involvement in the murder of her husband Lord Darnley, eventually led to her flight from Scotland and imprisonment by her equally ambitions cousin and fellow queen, Elizabeth of England. And yet when Elizabeth ordered her unpredictable rival and kinswoman to be beheaded in 1587 she did so in resigned frustration rather than as act of political wrath.Was the beheading of a cousin truly necessary? Did Mary, though churlish, petulant, and often disloyal, really deserve to forfeit the compassion of her cousin, a woman who from childhood had been her friend and playmate? Mary's fate was to be born to supreme power, but she was totally lacking in the political ability to deal with its responsibilities. This was the tragedy that turned her life into a study in failure. The extraordinary story of Mary, which has inspired the great poets, playwrights, and operatic composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, is one of the most colorful and emotionally searing tales of western history, and is here told by a leading specialist of the 16th century.
Publisher: Philip's
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, was one of history's romantically tragic figures. Devious, naive, often highly principled, beautiful, and sexually voracious, this was a woman who secured the Scottish throne and bolstered the position of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Her endless plotting, including a likely involvement in the murder of her husband Lord Darnley, eventually led to her flight from Scotland and imprisonment by her equally ambitions cousin and fellow queen, Elizabeth of England. And yet when Elizabeth ordered her unpredictable rival and kinswoman to be beheaded in 1587 she did so in resigned frustration rather than as act of political wrath.Was the beheading of a cousin truly necessary? Did Mary, though churlish, petulant, and often disloyal, really deserve to forfeit the compassion of her cousin, a woman who from childhood had been her friend and playmate? Mary's fate was to be born to supreme power, but she was totally lacking in the political ability to deal with its responsibilities. This was the tragedy that turned her life into a study in failure. The extraordinary story of Mary, which has inspired the great poets, playwrights, and operatic composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, is one of the most colorful and emotionally searing tales of western history, and is here told by a leading specialist of the 16th century.
Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
Author: Mary (Queen of Scots)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
Author: Mary (Queen of Scots)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
History of Mary, Queen of Scots
Author: Jacob Abbott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Mary Queen of Scots
Author: Jacob Abbott
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500381707
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 and queen consort of France from 1559 to 1560. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland. In 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favour of James, her one-year-old son. After an unsuccessful attempt to regain the throne, she fled southwards seeking the protection of her first cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England. Mary had previously claimed Elizabeth's throne as her own. Perceiving her as a threat, Elizabeth had her confined in a number of castles. After eighteen and a half years in custody, Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth, and was subsequently executed.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500381707
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 and queen consort of France from 1559 to 1560. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland. In 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favour of James, her one-year-old son. After an unsuccessful attempt to regain the throne, she fled southwards seeking the protection of her first cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England. Mary had previously claimed Elizabeth's throne as her own. Perceiving her as a threat, Elizabeth had her confined in a number of castles. After eighteen and a half years in custody, Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth, and was subsequently executed.