Mary Queen of Scotland by Margaret George

Mary Queen of Scotland by Margaret George

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

Margaret George is the author of several novels, including Henry VIII's Autobiography, Cleopatra's Memoirs, and Elizabeth I. Margaret was inspired to write historical fiction after reading a number of books in which Henry VIII was seen through the eyes of his opponents and victims. She wondered if there was another side to the story. She became resolved to let Henry speak for himself, and it took her fifteen years, 300 books of background reading, three trips to England to examine every extant building related with Henry, and five handwritten manuscripts to finally answer the question: What was Henry truly like? Her spouse and she live in Madison, Wisconsin.