Jean Plaidy
Author
Series
Mary Stuart Queen of Scots volume Book 1
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Description
At just six days old, Mary Stuart became Queen of Scots. At just six years old, she was betrothed to the Dauphin Francois, the future King of France. Reluctantly leaving Scotland, Mary is raised in the decadent French court in preparation for becoming the Queen of France. But her reign with Francois is short-lived.
Widowed at 18 years old, Mary is once again forced to leave her home to return to Scotland. Now a Catholic queen in a Protestant country,...
Author
Series
Mary Stuart Queen of Scots volume Book 2
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
“Burn the murderess!”
So begins Jean Plaidy's The Captive Queen of Scots, the epic tale of the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart, cousin to Queen Elizabeth of England. After her husband, Lord Darnley, is murdered, suspicion falls on Mary and her lover, the Earl of Bothwell. A Catholic in a land of stern Protestants, Mary finds herself in the middle of a revolt, as her bloodthirsty subjects call for her arrest and execution. In disgrace, she flees her...