This is the definite book for anyone interested in following the life of Mary Queen of Scots and is especially designed for tourists who seek to follow the fateful life of this tragic Queen.
Her story begins with her birth at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland and moves with her to the Court of France when she was only five years old. Childhood days and youth in France are traced up to the time she became Queen Consort of France and her later decision to return to her own kingdom of Scotland on the death of her husband, King Francis.The turbulent years at the Scottish Court and her further two controversial marriages forced her to flee Scotland to throw herself at the mercy of her greatest rival, her cousin Queen Elizabeth I in England. It was to lead to Mary`s nineteen years imprisonment ending with her execution at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire on 8 February 1587. Throughout the story the author describes the many sites associated with Mary Queen of Scots and these include 99 in Scotland, 35 in England and 29 in France. Site references and location maps are also included to pinpoint the many places which played some part in the romantic but controversial life of one of Britain`s most tragic of monarchs.

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