HOT ON THE heels of Jane Dunn’s wonderfully readable Elizabeth and Mary comes this biography of Mary Queen of Scots by John Guy. One might assume that another book on this subject would be superfluous, but it quickly becomes clear that this is far from the case. While not so elegantly written as Dunn’s study, this is a work of great importance, crammed with electrifying new material from archives in England, Scotland and France.

Literary Review

Feb 2004

Categories

Anne Somerset

Marriage Plots

The Heat is On

In Many Ways our Henry was an Incurable Romantic

Iron Ladies

Webster’s Muse

How to Poison a King

A Royal Rivalry

A Force for Destruction

Man in the Know

Doomed From Birth

Trust Not the Physician

Diamonds Aren’t a Girl’s Best Friend

An Agent Of Tyranny

Out, Damned Nightspot

Years of Magical Thinking