num_pages: 316
description: A view of the strenuous career of Marie de Guise of France, mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, born in 1587, six days before the death of her father, James V.
language: English
title: The Sword and the Flame
titlecomplete: The Sword and the Flame
characters: Mary of Guise, Queen of Scots
genres: Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 4
publisher: St Martins Pr