7/3/2023 0 Comments Mary queen of scots john guy![]() ![]() But when the frail young king dies, eighteen-year-old Mary is stripped of her title as Queen of France and set adrift in the harsh world, alone.ĭetermined to reign over what is rightfully hers, Mary returns to Scotland. Mary Stuart was just five years old when she was sent to France to be raised alongside her future husband. The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots by Carolyn Meyer Through Guy’s pioneering research and superbly readable prose, we come to see Mary as a skillful diplomat, maneuvering ingeniously among a dizzying array of factions that sought to control or dethrone her. ![]() ![]() I thought this biography was the best one of those to include in this list, mostly because this book doesn’t dwell on her as a Queen Gone Wild.īringing together all surviving documents and uncovering a trove of new sources for the first time, Guy dispels the popular image of Mary Queen of Scots as a romantic leading lady-achieving her ends through feminine wiles-and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I. John Guy has written a couple books about Mary Queen of Scots. Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy ![]()
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