Mary Queen of Scots fervently believed she had a right to the English throne - a belief that cost her her head. A vivid account of why she came to this belief from an acclaimed Tudor historian
Linda Porter has a doctorate in History from the University of York, where she studied early modern English and French history under the late Professor Gwyn Williams. She was the winner of the 2004 Biographers Club/Daily Mail Prize, which helped launch her on a new career as an author. Her first book, Mary Tudor, The First Queen, was published to critical acclaim by Portrait in 2007. She is a regular contributor to BBC History Magazine and History Today. She lives in Kent.
Stunning - an epic journey through the turbulent history of two
nations, engagingly written and showing a masterly balance of
politics and vivid personal detail.
*Alison Weir*
The authentic story of how Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I
came to be, rather than simply who they were ... bold, insightful
and vivid.
*The Times Saturday Review*
In focusing on the family rivalries that led to Mary's reign and
fall, Porter has found a fresh approach to a familiar subject. She
brings alive a thrilling story of cultured courts and violent
deaths, of ambitious kings and tragic queens.
*Mail on Sunday*
Elegantly written, decently researched and, crucially will alert a
new readership to a neglected subject ... Charming and
informative.
*The Herald*
To be applauded as a highly courageous, pioneering attempt to brush
the cobwebs off the existing national histories ... deserves a wide
readership.
*Literary Review*
Mary's life was rich in incident and Linda Porter recounts it with
judiciousness and verve.
*New Statesman*
Magnificent ... proves that there was nothing predestined, or
particularly preplanned, about the coming together of Scotland and
England
*Observer*
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