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Format:
Book
Title:
Mary, Queen of Scots
ISBN:
9780385311298
Publication:
New York : Delacorte Press, [1969]
Physical Description:
xv, 613 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables, facsimile, portraits ; 25 cm
Contents:
Pt. I: The young queen -- All men lamented -- England's rough wooing -- The most perfect child -- Betrothal -- Queen-Dauphiness -- The white lily of France -- Mary the widow -- Pt. II: The personal rule -- The state of the realm -- Conciliation and reconciliation -- Governor good and gracious -- The fall of Huntly -- A husband for a girl -- The carnal marriage -- Our most special servant -- Breakdown -- The murder of Darnley -- The mermaid and the hare -- Lochleven -- Pt. III: The captivity -- In foreign bands -- Her privy letters -- My Norfolk -- The uses of adversity -- Mother and son -- The Babington plot -- Trial -- The Dolorous stroke -- Epilogue: the theatre of the world.
Summary:
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.
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