The Life and Death of Mary, Queen of Scots

Queen of Scots at six days old; married at fifteen in Paris to the Dauphin of France; Queen of France at sixteen; widowed at eighteen; dead at forty-four. Mary Stuart’s tumultuous life and tragic death continues to enthral us today. Utilising contemporary and documents, Jan-Marie Knight tracks the fascinating story of Mary’s life and death by creating a diary-style blow-by-blow account of her actions and movements. Love, murder and abdication feature, culminating in a failed assassination plot and her ultimate demise. This is a fascinating insight into one of British history’s most complicated and contentious queens, from the author of The Tudor Socialite and The Plantagenet Socialite.

Jan-Marie Knights is an ex- editor and journalist who has worked on many newspapers and magazines and is a keen researcher of local and Tudor history. She lives in the area known as the ’Dukeries’ with her Tonkinese cat called Ashi.