Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots - Softcover
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Mary Queen of Scots fervently believed she had a right to the English throne - a belief that cost her her head. A vivid account of why she came to this belief from an acclaimed Tudor historian
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About the Author
Linda Porter has a doctorate in history from the University of York, England. She was the winner of the 2004 Biographers Club/Daily Mail Prize in England and is the author of The Myth of “Bloody Mary,” and Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII. She is married with one daughter and lives near London.
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Members of England’s Tudor dynasty have been the subjects of books, films, TV series, and more. Their contemporaries, Scotland’s Stewarts, remain largely in the background until Mary, Queen of Scots, emerges from the shadows to bedevil Elizabeth I. Author Porter (Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII, 2010) interweaves the stories of both dynasties to show how the history of Great Britain was shaped by their uneasy relations. She begins with the struggles that brought crowns to both Henry VII of England and James IV of Scotland, whom she calls one of Britain’s greatest kings. James’ marriage to Henry’s daughter Margaret united the families but also intensified their rivalries, since it gave the Stewarts a claim to the English throne. The rivalries were carried into the next generations, particularly in the conflicts between Henry VIII and his nephew James V, ending only when Mary’s son, James VI, was crowned as England’s James I. Porter’s highly readable account offers a fresh perspective for readers who look forward to each new book on the Tudors. --Mary Ellen Quinn
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- PublisherPan Books
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0330534378
- ISBN 13 9780330534376
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages562
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