Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles
Download Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : Margaret George |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 1470 |
Release | : 2010-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429938412 |
Download Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Margaret George's exhaustively researched novel skillfully weaves both historical fact and plausible fiction in bringing the story of Mary Queen of Scots to life. She was a child crowned a queen.... A sinner hailed as a saint.... A lover denounced as a whore... A woman murdered for her dreams... Margaret George's Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles brings to life the fascinating story of Mary, who became the Queen of Scots when she was only six days old. Raised in the glittering French court, returning to Scotland to rule as a Catholic monarch over a newly Protestant country, and executed like a criminal in Queen Elizabeth's England, Queen Mary lived a life like no other, and Margaret George weaves the facts into a stunning work of historical fiction. "With a seamless use of original letters, diaries, and poems: a popular, readable, inordinately moving tribute to a remarkable queen." -- Kirkus Reviews
Author | : Stefan Zweig |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : Scotland |
ISBN | : |
Download Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Carolly Erickson |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2009-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429928247 |
Download The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In this dramatic, compelling fictional memoir Carolly Erickson lets the courageous, spirited Mary Queen of Scots tell her own story—and the result is a novel readers will long remember. Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute. Unable to rise above the violence and disorder that swirled around her, Mary plucked up her courage and escaped to England—only to find herself a prisoner of her ruthless, merciless cousin Queen Elizabeth. Here, in her own riveting account, is the enchanting woman whose name still evokes excitement and compassion—and whose death under the headsman's axe still draws forth our sorrow. In The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, Carolly Erickson provides another in her series of mesmerizing historical entertainments, and takes readers deep into the life and heart of the sixteenth century's most fascinating woman.
Author | : Theresa Breslin |
Publisher | : Kelpies |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2018-06-15 |
Genre | : Scotland |
ISBN | : 9781782505129 |
Download Mary, Queen of Scots Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"On a tiny island in the middle of Loch Leven there is a castle. Many years ago, in that castle on the island, a beautiful young queen was held prisoner. Her name was Mary, Queen of Scots"--Page 4 of cover.
Author | : Margaret George |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
Total Pages | : 960 |
Release | : 2010-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429924705 |
Download The Autobiography of Henry VIII Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Autobiography of Henry VIII is the magnificent historical novel that established Margaret George's career. Evocatively written in the first person as Henry VIII's private journals, the novel was the product of fifteen years of meticulous research and five handwritten drafts. Much has been written about the mighty, egotistical Henry VIII: the man who dismantled the Church because it would not grant him the divorce he wanted; who married six women and beheaded two of them; who executed his friend Thomas More; who sacked the monasteries; who longed for a son and neglected his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth; who finally grew fat, disease-ridden, dissolute. Now, in her magnificent work of storytelling and imagination Margaret George bring us Henry VIII's story as he himself might have told it, in memoirs interspersed with irreverent comments from his jester and confident, Will Somers. Brilliantly combining history, wit, dramatic narrative, and an extraordinary grasp of the pleasures and perils of power, this monumental novel shows us Henry the man more vividly than he has ever been seen before.
Author | : Jean Plaidy |
Publisher | : Robert Hale |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Download Mary Queen of Scots Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Text and accompanying illustrations present the biography of Mary Stuart who succeeded to the throne when she was six days old. The biography attempts to dispel the myth that she was the "Fair Devil of Scotland" and tries to show that she was a warm, tolerant, and enlightened woman.
Author | : Elizabeth Byrd |
Publisher | : Pan |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Fiction in English |
ISBN | : 9780330027045 |
Download Immortal Queen Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Based on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Author | : Philippa Gregory |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 451 |
Release | : 2008-09-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1416549129 |
Download The Other Queen Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Presents a tale inspired by the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in a work that follows the doomed monarch's long imprisonment in the household of the Earl of Shrewsbury and his spying wife, Bess.
Author | : John Guy |
Publisher | : Fourth Estate |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780008316228 |
Download Mary Queen of Scots [Film Tie-In] Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. Who was the real Mary Queen of Scots? The most enigmatic ruler of England lived a life of incredible drama and turmoil: crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months old, and Queen of France at sixteen years, she grew up in the crosshairs of Europe's political battles to become Queen Elizabeth's arch rival. This book tells the story of the fraught and dangerous relationship between these two women of incredible charisma and power - a relationship that began with both seeking a political settlement, but which led them down a path of danger, from which only one could emerge victorious. Previously published as 'My Heart is My Own'.
Author | : Jane Dawson |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2007-10-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0748628444 |
Download Scotland Re-formed, 1488-1587 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
From the death of James III to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, Jane Dawson tells story of Scotland from the perspective of its regions and of individual Scots, as well as incorporating the view from the royal court. Scotland Re-formed shows how the country was re-formed as the relationship between church and crown changed, with these two institutions converging, merging and diverging, thereby permanently altering the nature of Scottish governance. Society was also transformed, especially by the feuars, new landholders who became the backbone of rural Scotland. The Reformation Crisis of 1559-60 brought the establishment of a Protestant Kirk, an institution influencing the lives of Scots for many centuries, and a diplomatic revolution that discarded the 'auld alliance' and locked Scotland's future into the British Isles.Although the disappearance of the pre-Reformation church left a patronage deficit with disastrous effects for Scottish music and art, new forms of cultural expression arose that