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Queen of Scots : The True Life of Mary Stuart
Queen of Scots The True Life of Mary Stuart Author:John Guy 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... more », 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 "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"