Queen of Scotland at six days old. Queen of France at seventeen years old. A widow at eighteen. The young and trusting Mary, Queen of Scots, is sailing home to her kingdom after years in exile. The danger from her cousin, the English Queen, has not lessened since then. Religious divides threaten to tear the nation apart and, across the border, Elizabeth keenly watches this new threat to her throne. Amid the furious turmoil and uncertainty in her Scottish kingdom, Mary finds she has one loyal servant James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, a glorious, rash and hazardous young man known to all as the Galliard. In Bothwell's courage and love for her, Mary finds serenity, and though fate works against them, no force can conquer their spirit. This stunning novel from the acclaimed author of Young Bess breathes new life into the little known story of the great love of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Margaret Irwin was a noted authority on the Elizabethan era. Allison & Busby has published "Young Bess," "Elizabeth and the Prince and Spain," and "Elizabeth, Captive Princess" to complete her classic trilogy about Elizabeth I as well as her superb biography of Sir Walter Raleigh, "That Great Lucifer."
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Being the first review on here, I feel bad but I hated this book. It is a very difficult read. I had to read the same line over three times to figure out what the conversationalist was attempting to say. Whereas I understand the author was writing the way people in this day and age supposedly spoke, it was too difficult to comprehend. Perhaps one with a college degree would have better luck. I think it needs a guide and dictionary also. Your average American today will have no idea what an arquebus or moss trooper is among many other strange words in this novel. I would also have appreciated more description on the clothes and such. In conclusion, if you appreciate and understand the first line of the book "They ne'er saw a horse but they made it their ain" then go for it, because pretty much the entire speech throughout the novel is such.
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For the Galliard and the Gay Galliard's men They ne'er saw a horse but they made it their ain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lord James, James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, Queen Elizabeth, Lord Bothwell, John Knox, Duc de Guise, Queen Catherine, Lady Huntly, Lord John, John Cockburn, English Queen, Lord Lindsay, Night Hawk, Sir Henry, Queen Regent, Lord Lieutenant, Cardinal de Lorraine, Johnnie Stewart, King François, Earl of Huntly, Crown Matrimonial, Lords of the Congregation, Sir John Forster, Edinburgh Castle Browse Sample Pages:
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For the Galliard and the Gay Galliard's men They ne'er saw a horse but they made it their ain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lord James, James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, Queen Elizabeth, Lord Bothwell, John Knox, Duc de Guise, Queen Catherine, Lady Huntly, Lord John, John Cockburn, English Queen, Lord Lindsay, Night Hawk, Sir Henry, Queen Regent, Lord Lieutenant, Cardinal de Lorraine, Johnnie Stewart, King François, Earl of Huntly, Crown Matrimonial, Lords of the Congregation, Sir John Forster, Edinburgh Castle Browse Sample Pages:
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