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Title Mary Queen of Scots
Author Stefan Zweig
Publisher Pushkin Press
Category Historical Biographies Royalty Biographies
Released Date 2018-12-06
Language English
Format EPUB
Pages 496
Total Downloads 24
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Summary
Stefan Zweig's classic biography of one of British history's most fascinating figures, rereleased in a new edition to tie in with launch of the major new Hollywood film Mary Queen of Scots
'Zweig's readability made him one of the most popular writers of the early twentieth century... His lives of Mary Stuart and Marie Antoinette were international bestsellers'Julie Kavanagh, The Economist Intelligent Life
From the moment of her birth to her death on the scaffold, Mary Stuart spend her life embroiled in power struggles that shook the foundations of Renaissance Europe. Revered by some as the rightful Queen of England, reviled by others as a murderous adulteress, her long and fascinating rivalry with her cousin Elizabeth I led ultimately to her downfall.
This classic biography, by one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century, breathes life into the character of a remarkable woman, and turns her tale into a story of passion and plotting as gripping as any novel.
Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a translator and late...
Chapter List (32 chapters):Chapter 1: Cover
Chapter 2: Review
Chapter 3: Title Page
Chapter 4: Contents
Chapter 5: Chapter One: Queen in the Cradle (1542–8)
Chapter 6: Chapter Two: Youth in France (1548–59)
Chapter 7: Chapter Three: Queen, Widow, and Still Queen (1560–1)
Chapter 8: Chapter Four: Return to Scotland (August 1561)
Chapter 9: Chapter Five: The Stone Begins to Roll (1561–3)
Chapter 10: Chapter Six: Political Marriage Mart (1563–5)
Chapter 11: Chapter Seven: Passion Decides (1565)
Chapter 12: Chapter Eight: The Fatal Night in Holyrood (9th March 1566)
Chapter 13: Chapter Nine: Traitors Betrayed (March to June 1566)
Chapter 14: Chapter Ten: A Terrible Entanglement (July to Christmas 1566)
Chapter 15: Chapter Eleven: The Tragedy of a Passion (1566–7)
Chapter 16: Chapter Twelve: The Path to Murder (22nd January to 9th February 1567)
Chapter 17: Chapter Thirteen: Quos Deus Perdere Vult … (February to April 1567)
Chapter 18: Chapter Fourteen: A Blind Alley (April to June 1567)
Chapter 19: Chapter Fifteen: Deposition (Summer 1567)
Chapter 20: Chapter Sixteen: Farewell to Freedom (Summer 1567 to Summer 1568)
Chapter 21: Chapter Seventeen: Weaving a Net (16th May to 28th June 1568)
Chapter 22: Chapter Eighteen: The Net Closes Round Her (July 1568 to January 1569)
Chapter 23: Chapter Nineteen: Years Spent in the Shadows (1569–84)
Chapter 24: Chapter Twenty: War to the Knife (1584–5)
Chapter 25: Chapter Twenty-One: “The Matter Must Come to an End” (September 1585 to August 1586)
Chapter 26: Chapter Twenty-Two: Elizabeth against Elizabeth (August 1586 to February 1587)
Chapter 27: Chapter Twenty-Three: “En Ma Fin Est Mon Commencement” (8th February 1587)
Chapter 28: Chapter Twenty-Four: Aftermath (1587–1603)
Chapter 29: About the Publisher
Chapter 30: About the Author
Chapter 31: Other Stefan Zweig titles available from Pushkin Press
Chapter 32: Copyright
