Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of The Captive Queen of Scots

The Captive Queen of Scots
The Captive Queen of Scots
Author: Jean Plaidy
Book Type: Paperback
reviewed on + 158 more book reviews


Drama, pathos, suspense abound in this poignant novel of Mary Queen of Scots, whose beauty and daring captured the hearts of men - and challenged the cruel power of her most dangerous rival, Elizabeth, Queen of England.

From the moment of Mary's imprisonment at Lochleven to the final terrifying adventure, the story blazes with all the color, intrigue, and pageantry of 16th-century England. And always at the center is Mary herself, warm, generous, impetuous, sensual...a woman fighting with head and heart against the savage conspiracy designed to destroy her.