Ebook {Epub PDF} Mary Queen of Scots by Carolly Erickson

 · Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of Rival to the Queen, The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, The First Elizabeth, The Hidden Life of Josephine, The Last Wife of Henry VIII, and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel The Tsarina’s Daughter won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical www.doorway.ru Publisher's Summary. Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave .  · In this dramatic, compelling fictional memoir Carolly Erickson lets the courageous, spirited Mary Queen of Scots tell her own story—and the result is a novel readers will long remember. Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought t/5.

In The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, Carolly Erickson provides another in her series of mesmerizing historical entertainments, and takes readers deep into the life and heart of the sixteenth century's most fascinating woman. Genres: Fiction Literature Historical Fiction. The memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. The memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots by Carolly Erickson. Publication date Topics Mary, -- Queen of Scots, -- I love the books by Carolly Erickson as well as the tragic figure of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, beheaded by her relative Elizabeth, the English Queen. My interest in Mary was awakened by the book of Margaret George "Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles" which I read in Russian.

Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of Rival to the Queen, The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, The First Elizabeth, The Hidden Life of Josephine, The Last Wife of Henry VIII, and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel The Tsarina’s Daughter won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. Publisher's Summary. Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute. In Erickson's telling of the private life of Mary, Queen of Scots, the Scottish queen is a victim of circumstances, from her marriage at fifteen to the King of France, her short rule of Scotland, the enmity of the Protestant Reformist John Knox, an impulsive third marriage to a commoner, her trust in her cousin, Queen Elizabeth of England until her throne is restored and eventually her execution by that cousin at the age of forty-four.