Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley | 
so-soThis is a long book! With lots of detail. That being said, I went back and forth between being really interested and falling back a bit with some of the detail. Now, Weir really was looking at a lot of information to try to sort out who was involved. Boy, talk about “fake news” of the time! And sham trials with a political bent (i.e. predetermined outcome)... Overall, I‘m rating it good, but it does take a while to read.
#7days7covers #covercrush - Day 4 post a favourite cover each day for 7 days and tag someone new each time. @charl08 interested in playing? 😀🐉
so-so#rumorhasit that Mary had something to do with Lord Darnley's murder. After reading this book I'm leaning towards her being innocent. #AnglophileApril @Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch
February TBR!
The first 4 are leftovers from December & January - I probably should have bailed on the tagged book (which I started in December) but have committed myself to it now. I'm in a similar position with The Idiot.
A Minor Deception & The Fifth Season are my next 2 prompts for #booked2019 @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft (I'm trying to read 2 books a month for this challenge)
⚀ The tagged book, The Idiot (Dostoevsky) & The King's Speech
⚁ Pottermore says Slytherin but I identify as Slytherclaw
⚂ Celebrity Catchphrase
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
pickHaving finished Jenny Wormald‘s analysis of Mary‘s personal rule, I jumped right into Alison Weir‘s exhaustive analysis of the murder of Lord Darnley, one of the only Weir biographies I hadn‘t yet read. And it‘s pretty safe to conclude that Weir has turned over all the stones currently available to turn over and we can conclude that a) Mary did not collude in the murder of her worthless husband,...
pick🎉 I took me so long to finish this book, feels like I need a celebratory fanfare! 🎉 That said, after a slow start, this is a good book that concentrates on the most interesting part of Mary's life. After reading it, I feel I have a much better knowledge of the full cast of the Scottish Lords. Would recommend this book, ideally read after Guy's biography of Mary.
Btw, don't you think Darnley looks quite hipsterish in this painting?
Started another book (my third) about the life of Mary Stuart.
And I'm cheating a bit with this stack. I'm a bit of an Alison Weir junkie (not her novels, I can't really get into those, but her biographies). I don't think I really have a favorite, but I think I prefer her bios of Eleanor, Isabella, and Katherine Swynford because they aren't part of the Tudor time period (and don't seem quite as popular). #fridayfunphoto
