Queen of Scots
Subtitle: the true life of Mary Stuart
By: John Guy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 581
ISBN-13: 9780618254118
Subjects: History; Biography; Queens
Description: A new historian of Mary Queen of Scots draws on new sources to shatter various myths surrounding this odd monarch and uncover some of the scandals and political machinations underpinning, and undermining, her throne.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [530]-541) and index.
Table of contents: title: The first year; title: The rough wooings; title: Arrival in France; title: Adolescence; title: Education; title: A dynastic marriage; title: Betrayed queen; title: Return to Scotland; title: Into the labyrinth; title: A meeting between sisters; title: A search for a husband; title: "My heart is my own"; title: A marriage of convenience; title: Enter Bothwell; title: A marriage in trouble; title: Assassination one; title: Reconciliation; title: Plot and counterplot; title: Assassination two; title: A love match?; title: Dénouement in Scotland; title: Mary's story; title: Bothwell's story; title: The Lords' story; title: Casket letters I; title: Casket letters II; title: Captive queen; title: An ax or an act?; title: Nemesis; title: The final hours.