Queen of Scots

by Guy, John

• ISBN13: 9780618619177
• ISBN10: 0618619178
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-12
• Publisher: Mariner Books

Summary

In the first full-scale biography of Mary Stuart in more than thirty years, John Guy creates an intimate, gripping portrait of one of history's greatest women and depicts her world and her place in the sweep of history with stunning immediacy. Bringing 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 ladyachieving her ends through feminine wiles and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I.Through Guy's pioneering research and "fabulously 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. An enthralling, myth-shattering look at a complex woman and ruler and her time, Queen of Scots "reads like Shakespearean drama, with all the delicious plotting and fresh writing to go with it" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

Author Biography

Formerly provost and history professor at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, Renaissance historian JOHN GUY is now a fellow in history at Clare College, University of Cambridge. He has written several books and hosted several BBC documentaries. Queen of Scots was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Genealogies	xiv
Maps	xvii
Prologue	1	(11)
The First Year	12	(15)
The Rough Wooings	27	(14)
Arrival in France	41	(13)
Adolescence	54	(13)
Education	67	(15)
A Dynastic Marriage	82	(15)
Betrayed Queen	97	(16)
Return to Scotland	113	(15)
Into the Labyrinth	128	(15)
A Meeting Between Sisters	143	(20)
A Search for a Husband	163	(15)
``My Heart Is My Own''	178	(16)
A Marriage of Convenience	194	(16)
Enter Bothwell	210	(14)
A Marriage in Trouble	224	(14)
Assassination One	238	(14)
Reconciliation	252	(17)
Plot and Counterplot	269	(16)
Assassination Two	285	(17)
A Love Match?	302	(21)
Denouement in Scotland	323	(18)
Mary's Story	341	(18)
Bothwell's Story	359	(14)
The Lords' Story	373	(11)
Casket Letters I	384	(21)
Casket Letters II	405	(19)
Captive Queen	424	(22)
An Ax or an Act?	446	(18)
Nemesis	464	(19)
The Final Hours	483	(5)
Epilogue	488	(13)
Chronology	501	(5)
Notes	506	(24)
Bibliography	530	(12)
Index	542	(41)
Illustration Credits	583