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Some royal names are predestined to misfortune.,
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This review is from: Celebrated Crimes: Mary Stuart Vol. 3 (Celebrated Crimes) (Paperback)
'Mary Stuart' is the second of the 'Celebrated Crimes' of Alexandre Dumas that I have read.
Much like Harold Lamb, Dumas had a flair for storytelling, even when taking a foray into 'biography'. The story of Mary, Queen of Scots, proves no less as intriguing, well written, and engaging as any of Dumas' 'fictional' tales. Taking a factual account of the life, loves, and imprisonment and execution of Mary Stuart, more familiarly known as Mary, Queen of Scots, Dumas has once again triumphed in creating an engrossing, engaging narrative...albeit this time with a factual subject to write about. Mary, the doomed Queen of Scotland, marries for duty, more than for love. When the treachery of her husband, and his death, are uncovered, Mary's own complicity in his misdeeds, and his murder, are called into question. Finding herself at the mercy of her 'sister' Elizabeth, then Queen of England, Mary is imprisoned for many years for her 'crimes' before she is tried and eventually condemned to death. Throughout this work, Dumas paints Mary Stuart as a sympathetic heroine, put upon by the jealousy and wrath of her 'kinswoman' Elizabeth, and unfairly tried and executed as a co-conspirator against the crown of England. An entertaining read, Dumas' 'Mary Stuart' will entice and engage a reader eager for more knowledge of this tragic tale.
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