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Queen of Scots : The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy (Trade Paperback B86
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780618619177
- Book Title
- Queen of Scots : the True Life of Mary Stuart
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Women, Cultural Heritage, Royalty, Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
- Item Weight
- 18.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 640 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0618619178
ISBN-13
9780618619177
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46583229
Product Key Features
Book Title
Queen of Scots : the True Life of Mary Stuart
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Women, Cultural Heritage, Royalty, Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
18.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
Reviews
"Spirited and satisfying....Guy's account has all the twists and turns of a good thriller--and plenty of horror, too." Kirkus Reviews "As enthralling as a detective story..." --Gerard Kilroy The New York Times Book Review "Recent royal shenanigans look tame compared with what John Guy unearths in QUEEN OF SCOTS." --Claire Lui Entertainment Weekly "Queen of Scots is a triumph of biography, artistry, and historical detective work. John Guy has produced a masterpiece, full of fire and tragedy." --Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana "Rarely have first-class scholarship and first-class storytelling been so effectively combined." --John Adamson, Daily Telegraph "[An] absorbing biography . . . meticulously researched . . . scholarly and intriguing." --Peter Ackroyd The Times of London "A definitive biography. . . . Reads as thrillingly as a detective story, and is rich in detail and authoritative in its analysis." --Miranda Seymour, The Sunday Times "I couldn't put this book down....Never before has [Mary's story] been told with such detail, accuracy, insight and drama." --Gerard DeGroot, Scotland on Sunday
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
941.105/092 B
Synopsis
In the first full-scale biography of Mary Stuart in more than 30 years, John Guy creates an intimate, gripping portrait of one of history's greatest women and depicts her world and her place in the sweep of history with stunning immediacy., National Book Critics Circle Award finalist "A triumph . . . a masterpiece full of fire and tragedy." -- Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana In the first full-scale biography of Mary Stuart in more than thirty years, John Guy creates an intimate and absorbing portrait of one of history's greatest women, depicting her world and her place in the sweep of history with stunning immediacy. Bringing together all surviving documents and uncovering a trove of new sources for the first time, Guy dispels the popular image of Mary Queen of Scots as a romantic leading lady -- achieving her ends through feminine wiles -- and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I. Through Guy's pioneering research and superbly readable prose, we come to see Mary as a skillful diplomat, maneuvering ingeniously among a dizzying array of factions that sought to control or dethrone her. Queen of Scots is an enthralling, myth-shattering look at a complex woman and ruler and her time. "The definitive biography . . . gripping . . . a pure pleasure to read." -- Washington Post Book World "Reads like Shakespearean drama, with all the delicious plotting and fresh writing to go with it." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution John Guy is a fellow in history at Clare College, University of Cambridge, and the author of several books, including the best-selling textbook Tudor England., NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. A biography "as enthralling as a detective story," of the woman who reigned over sixteenth-century Scotland (New York Times Book Review). In Mary Queen of Scots, John Guy creates an intimate and absorbing portrait of one of history's most famous women, depicting her world and her place in the sweep of history with stunning immediacy. Bringing together all surviving documents and uncovering a trove of new sources for the first time, Guy dispels the popular image of Mary Stuart as a romantic leading lady--achieving her ends through feminine wiles--and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I. Through Guy's pioneering research and superbly readable prose, we come to see Mary as a skillful diplomat, maneuvering ingeniously among a dizzying array of factions that sought to control or dethrone her. It is an enthralling, myth-shattering look at a complex woman and ruler and her time. "The definitive biography . . . gripping . . . a pure pleasure to read."--Washington Post Book World, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. A biography "as enthralling as a detective story," of the woman who reigned over sixteenth-century Scotland ( New York Times Book Review ).In Mary Queen of Scots , John Guy creates an intimate and absorbing portrait of one of history's most famous women, depicting her world and her place in the sweep of history with stunning immediacy. Bringing together all surviving documents and uncovering a trove of new sources for the first time, Guy dispels the popular image of Mary Stuart as a romantic leading lady--achieving her ends through feminine wiles--and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I. Through Guy's pioneering research and superbly readable prose, we come to see Mary as a skillful diplomat, maneuvering ingeniously among a dizzying array of factions that sought to control or dethrone her. It is an enthralling, myth-shattering look at a complex woman and ruler and her time. "The definitive biography . . . gripping . . . a pure pleasure to read."-- Washington Post Book World
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2004
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