![]() ![]() But she was invariably regarded as fascinating. “She was sometimes reviled as a scheming whore, sometimes revered as a misunderstood martyr. Here is her story, a queen who lost a throne for love, a monarch pampered and adored even as she was led to her beheading, the unforgettable woman who became a legend for all time. Betrayed by those she most trusted, she would be lured into a deadly game of power, only to lose to her envious and unforgiving cousin, Elizabeth I. Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape and even murder. 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. She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. “A book that will leave few readers unmoved.”– San Francisco Chronicle ![]()
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