Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780618619177)

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. A biography "as enthralling as a detective story," of the woman who reigned over sixteenth-century Scotland (New York Times Book Review).

In Mary Queen of Scots, John Guy creates an intimate and absorbing portrait of one of history's most famous women, depicting 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 Stuart as a romantic leading lady--achieving her ends through feminine wiles--and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I.

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. It is an enthralling, myth-shattering look at a complex woman and ruler and her time.

"The definitive biography . . . gripping . . . a pure pleasure to read."--Washington Post Book World

Author: John Guy
ISBN-10: 0618619178
ISBN-13: 9780618619177
Publisher: Mariner Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 640
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.56w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 61
New York Times 01/29/2006 pg. 24