![]() ![]() After the death of Francis II she left France for Scotland, where she became queen of the Scots. As a very young lady she wed the sickly Francis II and became the Queen of France. Mary’s biggest weakness was her choice of husbands. ![]() Mary, a Roman Catholic, was undercut by many, including the despicable John Knox, who makes me ashamed of my Presbyterian roots. Both monarchs were impressive, but Mary was thrust into an intolerable political and religious circumstance which arguably no monarch could survive. The author, John Guy, refutes this and portrays Mary as the political equal of Elizabeth. Until this book, published in 2004, history had judged Mary to be the intellectual and emotional inferior to her rival and cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. My mother would certainly be bemused by the fact that I am reviewing this splendid biography of Mary Queen of Scots. When I did so, she would sigh and rightly regard me as a hopeless dolt. On occasion when we did have a discussion on this, I would inevitably put the kings and queens in the wrong chronology and often place them in the wrong century. She was a well-versed authority on the English monarchy and, frankly, intimidating in any conversation about the subject. I “borrowed” this book from my mother’s library after her death. ![]() QUEEN OF SCOTS: THE TRUE LIFE OF MARY STUART ![]()
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