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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie �As enthralling as a detective story.� � New York Times Book Review In Mary Queen of Scots, 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 Stuart as a romantic leading lady�achieving her ends through feminine wiles�and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I. Through Guy�s pioneering research and superbly readable prose, we come to see Mary as a skillful diplomat, maneuvering ingeniously among a dizzying array of factions that sought to control or dethrone her. It is an enthralling, myth-shattering look at a complex woman and ruler and her time. �The definitive biography . . . gripping . . . a pure pleasure to read.� � Washington Post Book World First published in 2004 as Queen of Scots