Mary Queen of Scots.
England and Scotland in the 1500s.There were two famous Qeens at this time, Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, and ElizabethI, the Protestant Queen of England. It was a complicated and dangerous time to be alive, and to be a Queen.
Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. At sixteen, she was also Queen of France. She was tall, beautiful with red gold hair, hazel brown eyes, strikingly attractive, vivacious, elocuent and clever.
Many men loved her and died for her. But she also had many enemies.
Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. At sixteen, she was also Queen of France. She was tall, beautiful with red gold hair, hazel brown eyes, strikingly attractive, vivacious, elocuent and clever.
Many men loved her and died for her. But she also had many enemies.
When the young Queen of Scots returned from France in 1561, at first her people were pleased to see her. her husband, the king of France was dead, and then she was persuaded to look for a new husband. But there was a problem, Mary, Queen of Scots, was a Catholic Queen, and most of Scotland was now Protestant. There was also a Protestant Queen in England
Elizabeth I.
At those times, unfortunately men fought and died for their church. Of course there were power struggles to achieve the throne. Anyway the Queen found a new husband, Lord Darnely.
Elizabeth I.
At those times, unfortunately men fought and died for their church. Of course there were power struggles to achieve the throne. Anyway the Queen found a new husband, Lord Darnely.
Mary Queen of Scots, and his second husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley had a son, James, who later became King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. While James was ruling, the Scottish and English governments were quite stable.
Mary, Queen of Scots, is also a book written by Tim Vicary, who is an experienced teacher and writer, and has written some stories for the Oxford Bookworms Library, and also published two long novels, "The Blood upon the Rose" and "Cat and Mouse".
In his story about Mary, Queen of Scots, all the characters were real people, but it's not known if the Queen Mary wrote a letter to her son James, with the true story of her life. People still argue about some dark events which happened at this time. Conspiracies were also very normal during these years, and the true story in some moments is not easy to prove.
There were three important men in the Mary's life, so at first she got married with the Dauphin of France, Francis, who became King of France, Francis II in 1559. Her marriage was short-lived. Widowed Mary returned to Scotland and later she married her first cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darnely, but they were unhappy. Her last husband was James Hapburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell but he was imprisoned in Denmark and died in 1578.
Mary Queen of Scots had a very complicated life, and she was forced to abdicated in favour to her one-year-old son James. She was also imprisoned for twenty five years, and she was finally executed at the age of forty-five.
Mary, Queen of Scots, is also a book written by Tim Vicary, who is an experienced teacher and writer, and has written some stories for the Oxford Bookworms Library, and also published two long novels, "The Blood upon the Rose" and "Cat and Mouse".
In his story about Mary, Queen of Scots, all the characters were real people, but it's not known if the Queen Mary wrote a letter to her son James, with the true story of her life. People still argue about some dark events which happened at this time. Conspiracies were also very normal during these years, and the true story in some moments is not easy to prove.
There were three important men in the Mary's life, so at first she got married with the Dauphin of France, Francis, who became King of France, Francis II in 1559. Her marriage was short-lived. Widowed Mary returned to Scotland and later she married her first cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darnely, but they were unhappy. Her last husband was James Hapburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell but he was imprisoned in Denmark and died in 1578.
Mary Queen of Scots had a very complicated life, and she was forced to abdicated in favour to her one-year-old son James. She was also imprisoned for twenty five years, and she was finally executed at the age of forty-five.
Tim Vicary in his nice book, shows us a Mary, Queen of Scots, young, full of life, clever, good Queen who loved her people, her son, her husbands, and also those who were not of her religion, an intelligent and cultivated woman with sensibility and beauty, who could not realize all her potential, due to the savage society in which she lived.
A society with savage power struggles, in which the different religion was surely an important, and pathetic excuse to fight.
A society with savage power struggles, in which the different religion was surely an important, and pathetic excuse to fight.
Five hunderd years later in Scotland, again, beautiful women with talent show us their creative strength, and different gifts.
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