Life of Mary, Queen of Scots

An Accidental Tragedy

Roderick Graham

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Pegasus Books
01 March 2011

Autobiography: royalty

Crowned at nine months, married at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, implicated in the murder of her second husband, and executed for treason, Mary Stuart lived a life that could not have been better imagined by any Hollywood screen writer. Mary, Queen of Scots, lived during one of the most fascinating periods in history. Graham's epic work paints a unique picture of this controversial woman, showing her to be neither a Catholic martyr nor murdering adulteress but an innocent young woman caught up in the ruthless sea of sixteenth-century politics, someone who lacked the shrewdness and empowerment of her contemporaries: Catherine de Medici, Diane de Poitiers and Elizabeth Tudor. Instead, she relied on her beauty and charm and tragically allowed herself to be a victim of circumstance. When she did finally attempt to control her future, she set in motion the events that would lead her to the executioner's block, sentenced to die by none other than her cousin Queen Elizabeth.

By: Roderick Graham
Imprint: Pegasus Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 221mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 626g
ISBN: 9781605981413
ISBN 10: 1605981419
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 01 March 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roderick Graham was educated at the Royal High School of Edinburgh and Edinburgh University. He has worked in radio and television as a writer, director, and producer. He produced the award winning BBC program Elizabeth R with Glenda Jackson. He is the author of John Knox: Democrat, The Great Infidel: A Life of David Hume, and The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: An Accidental Tragedy

Reviews for Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: An Accidental Tragedy

Graham narrates Mary's short life as a hellish fairy tale, ending with the queen's grisly death. This biography in strongest incarefully detailing the Western European political atmosphere ofMary's youth and nimbly describes the Scottish nobles' machinations to improve their lot before forcing her to abdicate.