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Despite being an absolute chonker, John Guy's biography of Mary Queen of Scots never feels like a slog. This book thoroughly re-examines the original sources and presents them in such a way that humanises oor Mary, revealing her personality quirks, putting her lowland Scots accent back in her mouth, and portraying her as a canny and astute wumman that tried her best to hold her country together. There's no doubt that this is an absolutely brilliant book, I only wish Guy had trusted his readers a
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