Wednesday 23 May 2007

Mary's story - 12


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Historical biography and analysis

* Mary Queen of Scots(2006) by Retha Warnicke, ISBN 0-415-29183-6
* Queen of Scots by Rosalind K. Marshall, ISBN 1-873644-95-7
* Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser, ISBN 0-385-31129-X
* "Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Babington conspiracy", by David Alan Johnson, Military Heritage, August 2005, no. 1, Volume 7, ISSN 1524-8666
* "Mary Queen of Scots and the French Connection", History Today, 54, 7 (July 2004), pp. 37-43, by Alexander Wilkinson
* Elizabeth and Mary by Jane Dunn
* Queen of Scots: the true life of Mary Stuart (New York, 2004) by John Guy, ISBN 0618254110
* Mary Queen of Scots and French Public Opinion, 1542-1600 (Palgrave, 2005) by Alexander Wilkinson, ISBN 1-4039-2039-7 (hdbk)
* Mary Queen of Scots: A Study in Failure (London, 1988) by Jenny Wormald, ISBN 0-540-01131-2
* Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Darnley by Alison Weir
* The "Rough Wooings": Mary, Queen of Scots 1542-1551 (East Linton 2000) Marcus Merriman, ISBN 1-86232-090-X

Popular fiction and drama

* Mary, Queen of Scots by Sally Stepanek (young adult fiction)
* Mary Stuart, a play by Friedrich Schiller
* Wallenstein and Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller
* Mary of Scotland, a play by Maxwell Anderson
* The Queen's Own Fool by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris
* Immortal Queen by Elizabeth Byrd
* Shadow Queen, a supernatural novel by Tony Gibbs
* The Marchman; Warden of the Queen's March; The Queen's Grace by Nigel Tranter
* Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Margaret George
* Court of Shadows by Cynthia Morgan, a suspense novel
* Fatal Majesty by Reay Tannahill
* Mary, Queen of Scots: A Queen without a country by Kathryn Lasky
* Many plays and films on Elizabeth I (eg Elizabeth I) also feature Mary
* Gunpowder, Treason & Plot Television Mini series (2004) depicting the turbulent reigns of Scottish monarchs Mary, Queen of Scots and her son King James VI of Scotland who became King James I of England and foiled the Gunpowder Plot. Directed by Gillies MacKinnon.

See also

* Rising of the North
* Act Anent the demission of the Crown in favour of our Sovereign Lord, and his Majesty’s Coronation 1567
* List of famous tall women

References

1. ^ Mary Stuart by Stefan Zweig
2. ^ For a modern discussion of this see the essay in, "Death, the Scaffold and the Stage…" in "Christopher Marlowe and English Renaissance Culture", by Darryll Grantley, Ashgate Publishing (May 25, 1999).
3. ^ GUY, John. My Heart is My Own, 2005.

External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Mary I of Scotland

* Mary's biography at the UK government's official website
* Marie Stuart Society of Scotland
* An ancestor chart of her; not necessarily reliable
* A transcription of The Casket Letters
* The New Student's Reference Work/Mary Queen of Scots
* Mary Stuart Portraits

Mary I of Scotland
House of Stuart
Born: December 8, 1542
Died: February 8, 1587
Preceded by
James V Queen of Scotland
December 14, 1542–July 24, 1567 Succeeded by
James VI
Preceded by
Catherine de' Medici Dauphine of France
April 24, 1558–July 10, 1559 Succeeded by
Maria Anna of Bavaria
Queen of France
July 10, 1559–December 5, 1560 Succeeded by
Elisabeth of Austria

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