Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles

xv, 366 pp. "Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of Scots); (December 8, 1542 - February 8, 1587) was the Queen of Scots (the monarch of the Kingdom of Scotland) from December 14, 1542 to July 24, 1567. She also sat as Queen Consort of France from July 10, 1559 to December 5, 1560. Because of her tragic life, she is one of the best-known Scottish monarchs." -- Wikipedia CONTENTS: Foreword; Queen in the Cradle; Youth In France; Queen, Widow, and Still Queen; Return to Scotland; The Stone Begins to Roll; Political Marriage Mart; Passion Decides; The Fatal Night in Hollywood; Traitors Betrayed; A Terrible Entanglement; The Tragedy of a Passion; The Path to Murder; Quos Deus Perdere Vult...; A Blind Alley; Deposition; Farewell to Freedom; Weacing a New; The Net Closes Round Her; Years Spent in the Shadows; War to the Knife; "The Matter Must Come to an End"; Elizabeth Against Elizabeth; "En Ma Fin Est Mon Commencement"; Aftermath; Index. "Stefan Zweig (November 28, 1881 - February 22, 1942) was an Austrian writer. Stefan Zweig was a very well-known writer in the 1920s and 1930s, but since his death in 1942 his work has become less familiar to the general reading public. Zweig wrote novels and short stories, and several biographies, of which the most famous is probably that of Mary Stuart. This was published in German as Maria Stuart and in English as (The) Queen of Scots or Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles. At one time his works were published in English under the pseudonym "Stephen Branch" (a translation of his real name), when anti-German sentiment was running high. His biography of Queen Marie-Antoinette was later adapted for a Hollywood movie starring the MGM actress Norma Shearer in the title role." -- Wikipedia