Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser [FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION] 1975 • Dell

Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION [1975] DELL BOOKS

14th Dell Printing / 1975. 

Vintage mass market paperback in very good condition.

Cover shows shelf wear; scratching to cover.  

Otherwise, clean and tight copy w. some minor scuffing to text block.

Reads as new with tanning to pages.

ABOUT THE BOOK

More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic & controversial figures in British history. Fraser's classic biography of her won the James Tait Prize when it was 1st published in '69, became an international bestseller & was translated into 9 languages.

Mary passed her childhood in France & married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at 16. Widowed less than 2 years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after a 13 year absence. Her life then entered its best known phase: early struggles with John Knox & the Scottish nobility; marriage to Darnley & his mysterious death; marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine Babington plot to free her & her execution at age 44.

Fraser's biography, 4 years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure who continues to capture the popular imagination, & provides an answer to the question, `What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?'