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Loading... Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuartby John Guy
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  valkylee | Feb 25, 2008 |  3992. Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart, by John Guy (read 28 Feb 2005) This is the third biography I have read of its subject, having read on Feb 21, 1960 Maurice Baring's In My End Is My Beginning, and on Mar 7, 1970 Antonia Fraser's excellent Mary Queen of Scots. But those were read a long time ago, and this 2004 work is superbly researched and tells of an epic life. Guy points out that though Mary had her head cut off by Elizabeth, Mary is the ancestor of every British sovereign since, while of course Elizabeth is not. While the author is sympathetic to Mary (who can help but be?) he does not obscure her faults and mistakes. A very well done biography. (  ) Schmerguls | Oct 14, 2007 | This is a very thorough and interesting account about Mary Queen of Scots. The author, John Guy, attempts to answer the questions of the murder of her husband Lord Darnley, the marriage of Mary to Bothwell, and her plots against Elizabeth I. The author depicts Mary not as a "femme fatale" as many other historians have. He believes that she did not conspire to murder her husband. What is interesting is the extent to which the author explains the plot against Darnley and the whole marriage to Bothwell. He shows it from Mary's side, the lords' sides, and Bothwell's side. This is a long read (500 pages) but it is well worth it. John Guy is an exceptional writer and he sheds light on this very intriguing topic of Mary Queen of Scots who became queen as an infant and was beheaded after 18 years in captivity under Elizabeth I. (  )1  Angelic55blonde | Sep 8, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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The book is not at all boring for such a well-researched work. I highly recommend it. (