Secondly, for the sake of the general reader, I hoped to set Mary anew in the context of the age in which she lived. In order to tear away these cobwebs-or in certain cases reverently replace them-I delved into as many published and unpublished sources as I could discover, taking as my starting-point Mary's own letters and the calendars of state papers (although of course there may well be some sources of which I was unhappily ignorant).
First, being possessed since childhood by a passion for the subject of Mary Queen of Scots, I wished to test for myself the truth or falsehood of the many legends which surround her name. EXCERPT: Author's Note - I had two principal aims when I began to write this biography. CONTENTS: PART ONE: THE YOUNG QUEEN 1 All Men Lamented 2 England's Rough Wooing 3 The Most Perfect Child 4 Betrothal 5 Queen-Dauphiness 6 The White Lily of France 7 Mary the Widow PART TWO: THE PERSONAL RULE 8 The State of the Realm 9 Conciliation and Reconciliation 10 Governor Good and Gracious 11 The Fall of Huntly 12 A Husband for a Girl 13 The Carnal Marriage 14 Our Most Special Servant 15 Breakdown 16 The Murder of Darnley 17 The Mermaid and the Hare 18 Lochleven 19 In Foreign Bands 20 Her Privy Letters 21 My Norfolk 22 The Uses of Adversity 23 Mother and Son 24 The Babington Plot 25 Trial 26 The Dolorous Stroke 27 Epilogue: the Theatre of the World Appendix Reference Notes Bibliography Index. BOOK: Front Fixed Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Previous Owner's Bookplate Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped Light Shelf Rub to Boards Spine Slightly Cocked Edges Moderately Soiled Slight Yellowing Due to Age. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. A sturdy copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing noticeable wear and several minor, cosmetic flaws. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Very Good- in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: moderate spine lean and s bit of concavity to the backstrip, which also shows several faint stress creases there are also a few very faint stress creases near the lower corner of the front panel shows also light wear to the extremities and a bit of rubbing and scuffing to the wrapper covers the text pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging several of the front endpapers have been creased near the upper corner tip the binding is secure the text is clean.
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