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Mary Stuart

The Mary Stuart novels follow Mary, Queen of Scots from her childhood in France and brief reign as queen consort to her return to Scotland, deposition and long English captivity. Plaidy presents a ruler caught between personal attachment, religious conflict and the competing ambitions of Scottish, French and English courts.

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Books in this series (2 books)

Royal Road to Fotheringhay cover

1. Royal Road to Fotheringhay

Jean Plaidy

4.1(591)

The haunting story of the beautiful—and tragic—Mary, Queen of Scots, as only legendary novelist Jean Plaidy could write it Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland at the tender age of six days old. Her French-born mother, the Queen Regent, knew immediately that the infant queen would…

The Captive Queen of Scots cover

2. The Captive Queen of Scots

Jean Plaidy

4.5(385)

“Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama.”—The New York Times“Burn the murderess!”So begins The Captive Queen of Scots, the epic tale of the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart, cousin to Queen Elizabeth of England. After her husband, Lord Darnley, is murdered, suspicion falls on Mary…