6/8/2023 0 Comments Queen of scots john guyHe also explains a central mystery: why Mary would have consented to marry – only three months after the death of her second husband, Lord Darnley – the man who was said to be his killer, the Earl of Bothwell. From the labyrinthine plots laid by the Scottish lords to wrest power for themselves, to the efforts made by Elizabeth's ministers to invalidate Mary's legitimate claim to the English throne, John Guy returns to the archives to explode the myths and correct the inaccuracies that surround this most fascinating monarch. The life of Mary Stuart is one of unparalleled drama and conflict. At twenty-five she entered captivity at the hands of her rival queen, from which only death would release her. She rode out at the head of an army in both victory and defeat saw her second husband assassinated, and married his murderer. She was crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months of age, and Queen of France at sixteen years at eighteen she ascended the throne that was her birthright and began ruling one of the most fractious courts in Europe, riven by religious conflict and personal lust for power. A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today.
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