Mary Queen Of Scots
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work of biographical history, Mary Queen of Scots chronicles the dramatic and turbulent life of one of Britain's most captivating and controversial monarchs. Antonia Fraser presents a richly detailed portrait of Mary Stuart — queen of Scotland, queen consort of France, and claimant to the English throne — whose life was defined by political intrigue, religious conflict, and personal tragedy. With the authority of meticulous archival research, Fraser reconstructs the sixteenth-century world of courts and conspiracies that surrounded Mary, from her idyllic early years in France to her imprisonment and eventual execution ordered by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. Written with the narrative drive of a great novel, this definitive biography illuminates the woman behind the legend, separating myth from history with elegance and precision.
Author: Antonia Fraser
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work of biographical history, Mary Queen of Scots chronicles the dramatic and turbulent life of one of Britain's most captivating and controversial monarchs. Antonia Fraser presents a richly detailed portrait of Mary Stuart — queen of Scotland, queen consort of France, and claimant to the English throne — whose life was defined by political intrigue, religious conflict, and personal tragedy. With the authority of meticulous archival research, Fraser reconstructs the sixteenth-century world of courts and conspiracies that surrounded Mary, from her idyllic early years in France to her imprisonment and eventual execution ordered by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. Written with the narrative drive of a great novel, this definitive biography illuminates the woman behind the legend, separating myth from history with elegance and precision.