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Author of Marie Antoinette She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head. Instead, Mary Stuart... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mary Stuart: Add a description of this character.
- Darnley
- Bothwell
- James
- Elizabeth
- Maitland
- Francis
- Knox
- Henry
- Throckmorton
- Cecil
- Lennox
- Leslie
- Huntly
- Catherine De Medicis
- Randolph
- Buchanan
- Mary Beaton
- Riccio
- Walsingham
- Knollys
- George Douglas
- Mary Of Guise
- Ruthven
- Babington
- Mary Seton
- Kirk O'field
- Mary Fleming
- Curie
- Hamilton
- Charles
- Damley
- Mary Tudor
- Moray
- Ridolfi
- John
- Stewart
- Gray
- Arran
- Lorraine
- Don Carlos
- Lindsay
- Mary Livingstone
- Manes
Setting & Locations edit
- Scotland
- France
- England
- London
- Edinburgh
- Paris
- Norfolk
- Holyrood
- Shrewsbury
- Spain
- Lochleven
- Glasgow
- Leicester
- Europe
- Kirkcaldy
- Fotheringhay
- Chartley
- Rome
- Craigmillar
- Stirling
- Atholl
- Chatsworth
- Strathbogie
- Linlithgow
- York
- Bedford
- Rheims
- Pau
- Nau
- Sheffield
- Bolton
- Navarre
- Tutbury
- Glencairn
- Inverness
- Chatelherault
- Leith
- Berwick
- Huntingdon
- Northumberland
- Saint-germain
- Dunbar
- Hertford
- Denmark
- Blois
- Haddington
- Jedburgh
- Calais
- Buxton
First Sentence edit
The winter of 1542 was marked by tempestuous weather throughout the British Isles: in the north, on the borders of Scotland and England, there were heavy snow-falls in December and frost so savage that by January the ships were frozen into the harbour at Newcastle.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Antonia Fraser (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 0-385-31129-X
Page Count: 675
Publisher: Delacorte
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 0-385-31129-X
Page Count: 675
Awards edit
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1969: Biography)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 941.105092
Subjects edit
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Royalty
- Books › History › Europe › England › Tudor & Stuart
- Books › History › Europe › Scotland
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