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  • The True Life of Mary Stuart
  • Written by: John Guy
  • Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
  • Length: 25 hrs and 8 mins
  • 3.4 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Mary Queen of Scots

Written by: John Guy
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In the first full-scale biography of Mary Stuart in more than 30 years, John Guy creates an intimate and absorbing portrait of one of history's most famous women, depicting her world and her place in the sweep of history with stunning immediacy. Bringing together all surviving documents and uncovering a trove of new sources for the first time, Guy dispels the popular image of Mary Queen of Scots as a romantic leading lady - achieving her ends through feminine wiles - and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I.

Through Guy's pioneering research and superb prose, we come to see Mary as a skillful diplomat, maneuvering ingeniously among a dizzying array of factions that sought to control or dethrone her. Mary Queen of Scots is an enthralling, myth-shattering look at a complex woman and ruler and her time.
©2004 John Guy (P)2018 Tantor
Historical Women Biographies & Memoirs Great Britain
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"As enthralling as a detective story." (The New York Times Book Review)

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What an awful narrator

The material was good, but the narrator was so awful at reading that I couldn’t complete the book

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Fascinating stuff

Although dates and names were critically important to this tale it was often difficult to keep track. Narrator was excellent and the prologue was fantastic

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Nightmare narration

Worst narrator ever. Ruins the entire thing. Horrible!!!! Destroys the book and the history. Now I want a refund

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