Books About Mary Stuart

Book categories: Biographies, Writings, Travel, Parents, Darnley, Rizzio, Politics, Mary & Elizabeth I, Knox, Bothwell, James VI, Stuarts, Tudors, Fiction, Children's Books, Scotland, England, DVDs

Mary and David Rizzio

David Rizzio and Mary, Queen of Scots by David Tweedie. Explains how Mary's friend and secretary, David Rizzio (or Riccio), enraged the Scots lords so much so that they plotted his murder. Available from AbeBooks.

Mary and Lord Bothwell

The Queen's Man: James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell and Duke of Orkney, 1536-1578 by Humphrey ap Evans. Biography, published in 1977. Out of print, but sometimes available at Alibris.

Mary and Politics

The Politics of Religion in the Age of Mary, Queen of Scots by Jane E.A. Dawson is about the Earl of Argyll and the struggle for stability in Britain and Ireland.

Mary Queen of Scots and French Public Opinion, 1542-1600 by Alexander S. Wilkinson. Examines what the French thought about Mary and her turbulent career.

The Rough Wooings: Mary Queen of Scots, 1542 -1551 by Marcus Merriman. While the queen was still a baby, the kings of England and Scotland were arguing about who she should marry. This book is about those marriage negotations. Winner of the 2001 Saltire Scottish History Book of the Year award.

The Tragic Histories of Mary Queen of Scots, 1560-1690: Rhetoric, Passions and Political Literature by John D. Staines. How the queen's history was retold in the 16th and 17th centuries for political purposes.

Mary, Queen of Scots: Pride, Passion and a Kingdom Lost by Jenny Wormald. Books about Mary Stuart usually focus on her character and personal life, but this book assesses Mary as a queen, and finds her lacking. The author believes Mary had little political ability, and very little interest in ruling her own kingdom. Out of print, but available from Alibris.

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John Knox and the Reformation

On Rebellion by John Knox. A collection of the most significant political writings of John Knox, including his notorious First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.

From Gileskirk to Greyfriars: Mary Queen of Scots, John Knox & the Heroes of Scotland's Reformation by Sir Walter Scott. Nonfiction account of Scottish history by the great Victorian novelist, written for his sick grandson. This is the second volume in Scott's Tales of a Scottish Grandfather series. The other books in the series are From Bannockburn to Flodden (Volume 1), From Glencoe to Sterling (Volume 3), and From Montrose to Culloden (Volume 4).

John Knox by Rosalind K. Marshall. A recent biography. Out of print, but available at Alibris.

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Children's Books

Mary, Queen of Scots by Elizabeth Douglas. For children ages 4 to 8.

You Wouldn't Want to Be Mary Queen of Scots by Fiona MacDonald, illustrations by David Antram. Biography for children ages 4 to 8.

Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, France, 1553 by Kathryn Lasky. Novel in the "Royal Diaries" series for children ages 9 and up.

The Queen's Own Fool by Jane Yolen. This novel for children ages 9 to 12 recounts the life of Mary Queen of Scots as seen through the eyes of a jester.

Mary, Queen of Scots Paper Dolls by Tom Tierney. Three dolls and eight full-color plates depicting the queen's attire at various stages of her life, from jeweled wedding robes to a graceful black gown she made in prison.

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DVDs About Mary Stuart

These DVDs are formatted for North American audiences.

Mary, Queen of Scots. Vanessa Redgrave received an Oscar nomination for her starring role in this 1971 movie. Glenda Jackson plays Queen Elizabeth I. This DVD set also includes the movie "Anne of the Thousand Days," about English queen Anne Boleyn.

Haunted Edinburgh. This documentary takes viewers on a tour of haunted sites in Edinburgh. Hear from workers at Holyrood Palace, where the ghost of Mary Queen of Scots' lover is said to reside to this day. Some contend she is with him in death.

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