Book description
Acclaimed Tudor historian John Guy offers a compelling
re-interpretation of Mary Queen of Scots in My Heart is My Own.
For centuries, Mary, Queen of Scots has been a figure of scholarly
debate. Where many have portrayed her as the weak woman to Elizabeth's
rational leader, John Guy reassesses the young queen, finding her far
more politically shrewd than previously believed.
Crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months old, Queen of France by age
sixteen and widowed the following year, Guy paints Mary as a
commanding and savvy queen who navigated the European power struggles
of the time to her advantage.
Her life was one of drama and conflict - Scottish lords constructed
labyrinthine plots to wrest power from her and attempts to prove her
claim to the English throne were thwarted by English ministers bent on
protecting Elizabeth.
My Heart is My Own re-examines the original sources,
resulting in a riveting new argument surrounding Mary's involvement in
her husband Lord Darnely's murder and her subsequent marriage to his
suspected assassin.
Guy's accessible treatment of the well-trodden story, his deft
storytelling and insightful new arguments provide compelling and
dramatic reading.
'An absorbing biography . . . meticulously researched . . .
scholarly and intriguing' Peter Ackroyd, The Times
'Rarely have first-class scholarship and first-class storytelling
been so effectively combined' John Adamson, Daily Telegraph
John Guy is an award-winning historian, accomplished broadcaster and
a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. His previous books include the
highly acclaimed dual biography A Daughter's Love: Thomas and
Margaret More a history, Tudor England, which has sold
over 250,000 copies worldwide and a biography of Thomas Becket,
published in 2012.
John Guy is an award-winning historian, accomplished broadcaster and
a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. His previous books include the
highly acclaimed dual biography
A Daughter's Love: Thomas and
Margaret More
a history,
Tudor England
, which has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide and a biography of Thomas
Becket, published in 2012.
