Author(s): Margaret George

Fiction

Mary became Queen of Scotland only six days after her birth and by her 18th birthday she had been married, widowed, had lost one throne and been named by the Pope for another. Months later she set sail to take her place as queen of Scotland. This novel is a recreation of her life and times. 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 . . . Recreating the Elizabethan era with a sure eye for telling detail, Margaret George uses her entirely plausible vision of Mary's private life to explain the failures of her public one. This is an engrossing and painstakingly researched novel about an unforgettable heroine.