Mary Queen of Scots: The Queen Who Brought Doom

She was truly a fateful woman. She brought death to all the men she was close to— to all three husbands, lovers, and those who helped her escape from prison. It seems that just one look at Maria Stuart, one touch from her, brought trouble—yet the number of those willing to lay down their lives for her love didn’t decrease.

Men remained loyal to their queen until the end, while women hated her with all the fibers of their souls: as is known, it was precisely the relentless enmity with Elizabeth I that cost the Scottish queen her life, and it was by London’s order that she went to the scaffold. What was the main cause of this tragedy—political rivalry or simple female envy? Why did two greatest women of their era hate each other so fiercely? Was it a struggle for power or for love?… In Maria Stuart’s short and brilliant life there were so many secrets and riddles! Why was her son nothing like her, and why was he so indifferent to her fate? Did she have only one son? What do ancient portraits hide, why must a beauty marry a nobody, and how to get rid of an annoying husband? Fateful women are masters of hiding their secrets from other eyes—but this book lifts the veil of mystery over the life and death of the legendary queen.