Mary Queen of Scots

Examines the enigma of Mary Queen of Scots by exploring the history of her representation in Britain from the late Tudor period to the end of the First World War.

Introduction; Part 1 Elizabethan Mary; Chapter 1 "The finest she that ever was"; Chapter 2 "The treason of pity"; Part 2 Stuart Mary; Chapter 3 "A new and unexampled kindof tomb"; Chapter 4 "False kindred"; Part 3 Georgian Mary; Chapter 5 "The sorrow of seeing the queen"; Chapter 6 "Dozens of ugly Mary Queenof Scotts"; Chapter 7 Guilt and vindication; Part 4 Victorian Mary; Chapter 8 Victoria's other woman; Chapter 9 A "laboured illusion" vanishesPart 5 Epilogue;