Queen of Scots: The Story of Mary Stuart

Author: (Austrian) Stefan Zweig
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The birth of Mary Stuart forever altered the histories of Scotland, England, and France. She is remembered for her beauty and tragedy, forever living in literature and debate. Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland six days after her birth, a fiancée of one of Europe's most powerful princes at the age of six, and Queen of France at seventeen. Her spiritual life had not truly begun when her power reached its peak. By the time she was under 25, her life was essentially over. She attended the weddings of two husbands, lost two kingdoms, wandered the dark path of crime, and spent time in prison, yet each time she returned to the throne and the altar. Her life was like a flame, its glow still shining centuries later. As she was led to the guillotine, she prepared herself with a blood-red inner dress and elbow-length blood-red gloves to avoid the glare of blood splattering on her clothes during the execution.