| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xi, 523 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in Great Britain as: Crown of thistles : the fatal inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots. London, Macmillan, 2013. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-508) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Ill-gotten thrones, 1485-1488. 'This pretty lad' ; The Field of Stirling -- Part 2: The road to Flodden Field, 1488-1513. Uneasy crowns ; The impostor ; A summer wedding ; Brothers in arms -- Part 3: Half a Tudor, 1513-1542. Queen and country ; The young King ; Uncle and nephew ; Solway Moss -- Part 4: 'The most perfect child', 1542-1568. 'Rough wooings' and Reformation ; Daughter of France ; The return of the Queen ; Downfall. |
| Summary |
Evaluates the rivalry between the fertile Stewarts and barren Tudors as critical to the sixteenth-century British Isles, tracing three generations of feuding that led to the violent competition for the throne between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. |
| Subject |
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.
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Queens -- Scotland -- Biography.
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Scotland -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- History -- 16th century.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587. (OCoLC)fst00053298
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Kings and rulers. (OCoLC)fst00987694
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Kings and rulers -- Succession.
(OCoLC)fst00987723
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Queens. (OCoLC)fst01085637
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Scotland. (OCoLC)fst01206715
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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.
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Queens -- Scotland -- Biography.
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Scotland -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- History -- 16th century.
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1603
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Crown of thistles
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| ISBN |
9780312590741 (hardcover) |
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0312590741 (hardcover) |
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9781466842724 (ebook) |
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1466842725 (ebk.) |
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9781250067463 |
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1250067464 |
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