false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700770m/16033.jpg 16033 11 By the author of <i>The Autobiography of Henry VIII</i> (1986), another vast involvement with a legendary royal. The Scots queen (1542-1587), crowned at nine months, shipped out for a French marriage at seven, became queen of France at 16 for a year and a half, then returned to Scotland after the death of the French king--to four years of early triumph and then tragedy, two marriages, warfare, betrayal, power struggles, dazzling escapes, and, at the last, a flight to England--and doom. George has created a lively, gallant Mary of intelligence, charm, and terrible judgment--in outline true enough, and fictionally persuasive. Unlike cousin Elizabeth I of England, Mary enjoyed a richly cosseted and loving childhood and youth; arriving back in Scotland then--a Scotland bristling with religious ferment, plots, and a history of regencies--is a shock, at first bewildering, then exhilarating. But there are the trumpet blasts of Reformed Kirk theologian John Knox against a female ruler (and a Catholic to boot) and the obvious intent of the Queen's inner circle of lords to rule for her. There's also Mary's stubborn, disastrous choice of a husband--the "blue and gold lad," Lord Darnley, soon slipped into drink and debauchery and even murder. Mary's second husband after Darnley's murder (George absolves Mary of a conscious plot) is the Earl of Bothwell, here given an unusually heroic cast. Throughout, there are astonishing escapes, nick-of-time rescues by Bothwell, fleeting interludes of lovers' joys--as well as betrayal, sieges, and abuse, sadly from the people who once cheered her ("the people...with all their pitchforks, fervous and bad breath...mutable...but stronger than granite"). At the last--another truly terrible decision--Mary flees to Elizabeth I for sanctuary, and is imprisoned for 20 years while the dismayed English queen makes up her mind. With a seamless use of original letters, diaries, and poems: a popular, readable, inordinately moving tribute to a remarkable queen. (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>) 1022583 1992 Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles total:1506|5:416|4:587|3:390|2:92|1:21| 1506 5803 2280 171 16033 0312155859 9780312155858 1400 148 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700770m/16033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033.Mary_Queen_of_Scotland_and_the_Isles 3 0 false Fri Sep 18 09:40:48 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 09:56:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16033 0312155859 9780312155858 1400 148 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700770m/16033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033.Mary_Queen_of_Scotland_and_the_Isles 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 19 23:56:13 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:59:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16033 0312155859 9780312155858 1400 148 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700770m/16033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033.Mary_Queen_of_Scotland_and_the_Isles 3 0 false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 21 12:55:59 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 16:59:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 16033 0312155859 9780312155858 1400 148 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700770m/16033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033.Mary_Queen_of_Scotland_and_the_Isles 4 0 false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 08:58:56 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:25:57 -0700 2009
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Okay so by the time I got done with this I really got to LIKE the character, which I don't necessarily always feel with books. What's especially odd about that is with historical fiction that is probably the least likely time that is good. Because obviously it is...more...]]> 16033 0312155859 9780312155858 1400 148 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700770m/16033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033.Mary_Queen_of_Scotland_and_the_Isles 3 0 false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 20 14:42:42 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 14:45:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16033 0312155859 9780312155858 1400 148 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700770m/16033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033.Mary_Queen_of_Scotland_and_the_Isles 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sat Jan 03 09:23:26 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:26:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 16033 0312155859 9780312155858 1400 148 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700770m/16033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033.Mary_Queen_of_Scotland_and_the_Isles 1 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 27 12:01:29 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 11:18:42 -0800 2009 .5 more...]]> 16033 0312155859 9780312155858 1400 148 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700770m/16033.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033.Mary_Queen_of_Scotland_and_the_Isles 3 0 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 05 09:57:27 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 09:58:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=16033