John Guy
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English
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This Whitbread Award–winning biography and basis for the film Mary Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie “reads like Shakespearean drama” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
“A triumph . . . A masterpiece full of fire and tragedy.” —Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana
In the first full-scale...
“A triumph . . . A masterpiece full of fire and tragedy.” —Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana
In the first full-scale...
Author
Language
English
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COSTA AWARD FINALIST
ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding
“A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.”
–Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review
A groundbreaking...
ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding
“A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.”
–Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review
A groundbreaking...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
COSTA AWARD FINALIST
ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding
“A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.”
–Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review
A groundbreaking...
ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding
“A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.”
–Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review
A groundbreaking...
Author
Language
English
Description
In the first full-scale biography of Mary Stuart in more than thirty years, John Guy creates an intimate and absorbing portrait of one of history's most famous women, depicting her world and her place in the sweep of history with stunning immediacy. Bringing together all surviving documents and uncovering a trove of new sources for the first time, Guy dispels the popular image of Mary Queen of Scots as a romantic leading lady-achieving her ends through...