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Author of <b>Marie Antoinette </b> She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head. Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape and even murder. Betrayed by those she most trusted, she would be lured into a deadly game of power, only to lose to her envious and unforgiving cousin, Elizabeth I. Here is her story, a queen who lost a throne for love, a monarch pampered and adored even as she was led to her beheading, the unforgettable woman who became a legend for all time.
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Mary Queen of Scots, Antonia Fraser
- Language
- Released
- 1969
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Subtitle
- Part Two
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Antonia Fraser
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Released
- 1969
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 260
- ISBN10
- 1407216163
- ISBN13
- 9781407216164
- Series
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Women, France, British Literature, Great Britain, History of Europe, Scotland, 16th century, Kingdom
- Description
- Author of <b>Marie Antoinette </b> She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head. Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape and even murder. Betrayed by those she most trusted, she would be lured into a deadly game of power, only to lose to her envious and unforgiving cousin, Elizabeth I. Here is her story, a queen who lost a throne for love, a monarch pampered and adored even as she was led to her beheading, the unforgettable woman who became a legend for all time.