Exile
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Exile

The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots

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eBook - ePub

Exile

The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots

About this book

Discover a thrilling true story of treachery, deceit, hope and despair.

From the moment Mary, Queen of Scots set foot on English soil in 1568 until her execution at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587, she was the prisoner of her cousin, Elizabeth I. Unlike Mary's time on the Scottish throne, the dramatic events of these years – almost half her life – took place while she was a captive. But while trouble was perpetually simmering beyond her prison walls, within them Mary was constantly plotting. Only towards the end did she lose faith in returning to her homeland as rightful ruler.

This is the story of Mary's tumultuous later years, told through the many atmospheric locations where she was confined. Drawing on the latest research, including a treasure trove of recently decoded letters, Exile sheds fascinating new light on her captivity and the charged political climate of the period. Reading like a 16th-century thriller, this account of treachery, deceit, hope and despair is a penetrating and enthralling psychological portrait of one of history's endlessly fascinating queens.

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Information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781788857802
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Family Trees
  7. Map
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 ‘They have robbed me of every thing I had in the world’
  10. 2 ‘This detention which I think rather harsh and strange’
  11. 3 ‘I have made great wars in Scotland . . .’
  12. 4 ‘I am no enchanter’
  13. 5 ‘I never wrote anything concerning that matter to any creature’
  14. 6 ‘Bound hand and foot’
  15. 7 ‘It is ill with me now I fear worse to come’
  16. 8 ‘My trembling hand here will write no more’
  17. 9 ‘If the vessell was ever so little stirred’
  18. 10 ‘Smite him to pieces’
  19. 11 ‘A waste and howling wilderness’
  20. 12 ‘Esteemed by you as an enemy instead of a friend’
  21. 13 ‘It is full of blood’
  22. 14 ‘Unless she could transform herself into a mouse or a flea . . .’
  23. 15 ‘The bath has soothed my nerves’
  24. 16 ‘I immediately burn the draughts of the ciphers’
  25. 17 ‘I am very fond of my little dogs’
  26. 18 ‘She cannot do ill while she is with my husband’
  27. 19 ‘Being in constant dread . . .’
  28. 20 ‘Tribulation has been to them as a furnace to fine gold’
  29. 21 ‘I look this day for no kingdom but that of my God’
  30. 22 ‘I know my duty to you, as much as any son in the world towards his mother’
  31. 23 ‘I seek the quiet with all my heart’
  32. 24 ‘One of the most whimsical and austere persons whom I have ever known’
  33. 25 ‘Eated in the face with small pocks’
  34. 26 ‘Her Majesty might have her body, but her heart she should never have’
  35. 27 ‘Look to your consciences’
  36. 28 ‘I pray God grant you as much happiness in this world as I expect in leaving it’
  37. 29 ‘Laughing with the angels’
  38. Aftermath
  39. Further Reading
  40. Index
  41. Picture Section