The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain
Praise forThe Royal Stuarts"Not just for history lovers but anyone hooked on Showtime'sThe Tudorsor, currently,The Borgias...An enjoyable, often witty read, which will make for a nice introduction to the Stuarts and a fun refresher for aficionados." --Library Journal"A well-fashioned history of the remarkable Scottish monarchs... A palatable history lesson that might help untangle the royal lineage web for American readers."--Kirkus"Smart...A delightfully opinionated but nuanced and action-packed history."--Publishers Weekly"It drips with blood, cruelty and tears... Evocative, visceral - haunting."--Daily Telegraph (UK)"Lively and jauntily paced history."-- Sunday Times (UK)"Stirring and eloquent account of the Stuarts."--Scotland on Sunday"A highly readable and impressively panoramic history." --The Scotsman"[Massie] combines dry wit and fondness for well-constructed sentences with a novelist's sense of the enlivening detail."-- Daily Express (UK)"A pleasure to read and psychologically compelling."--The Spectator (UK)