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Queen of Scots : the true life of Mary Stuart by Guy, J. A. (John Alexander) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Queen of Scots : the true life of Mary Stuart about?
This Whitbread Award–winning biography and basis for the film Mary Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie “reads like Shakespearean drama” ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ). “A triumph . . . A masterpiece full of fire and tragedy.” —Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana In the first full-scale biography of Mary Stuart in more than thirty years, John Guy creates an intimate and absorbing portrait of one of history’s greatest 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 Queen of Scots 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. Queen of Scots is an enthralling, myth-shattering look at a complex woman and ruler and her time. “The definitive biography . . . Gripping . . . A pu
Who reads Queen of Scots : the true life of Mary Stuart?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Guy, J. A. (John Alexander)
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780618254118
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (1,167 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14