Mary Queen of Scots

"Scholars now have Warnicke to use as their chief one volume study of Mary" Julian Goodare, University of Edinburgh
In this biography of one of the most intriguing figures of early modern European history, Retha Warnicke, widely regarded as a leading historian on Tudor queenship, offers a fresh interpretation of the life of this fascinating Tudor Queen.

Retha M. Warnicke is Professor of History at Arizona State University. She has published widely on Tudor and Stuart history, women's history and cultural history and is the author of The Marrying of Anne of Cleves: Royal Protocol in Tudor England (2000) and The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII (1991).

List of Plates  Acknowledgements  Chronology  Genealogical Tables  1. Introduction  2.  Scottish Beginnings to 1548  3. French Uprising, 1548-1561  4. Returning Home, 1561-1563  5. Ruling Scotland, 1563-1566  6. Facing Adversity, 1566-1567  7. Seeking Refuge, 1567-1570  8. Negotiating Restitution, 1569-1584  9. Failing Enterprises, 1586-1587  Additional Reading