Mary Queen of Scots
- First published
- 1848
- Pages
- 163
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Mary's Childhood
27:38 -
Her Education in France
24:13 -
The Great Wedding
21:46 -
Misfortunes
30:20 -
Return to Scotland
24:50 -
Mary and Lord Darnley
30:51 -
Rizzio
23:51 -
Bothwell
27:36 -
The Fall of Bothwell
21:26 -
Loch Leven Castle
22:53 -
The Long Captivity
19:13 -
The End
32:07
Mary Queen of Scots (1848) is a public domain work.
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About this book
Jacob Abbott built this volume for his Makers of History series, tracing the life of Mary Stuart from her infancy as queen of Scotland through her long imprisonment and her execution in 1587. Abbott follows her French upbringing, her return to a divided Scotland, the marriages that shaped and unsettled her reign, and the slow collision with Elizabeth I of England that ended on the scaffold at Fotheringhay. The prose is plain and narrative, written to explain events clearly rather than to argue a partisan case. Aimed originally at young readers and general audiences, it stays readable without flattening the political tangle of sixteenth-century Britain. For anyone who wants an accessible way into one of history's most contested royal lives, Abbott's account is a clear and steady place to begin.
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Book facts
- Author
- Jacob Abbott
- First published
- 1848
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 163
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Historical Biography
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
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