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A review by hledvina
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy
4.0
The reader must be fully committed to this book because it is over 24 hours of listening. This new work with discovery is extremely detailed and is a comprehensive view of Mary's life, the personal, the geopolitical, and the monarchy. As i listened (I recommend the audio) i vacillated between anger, resentment and sadness at the treatment of this woman. ARGH the men, the men, the men. She was abused by every man in her life and she made poor choices in trusting people, most of whom were her advisers and acted against her rulings as queen. :-(
I cannot imagine how Mary maintained her courage and will to reign, except that, like Elizabeth, she believed in the divine ascendancy of the monarchy and her divine right to reign. If these 2 strong, brilliant women had forged an alliance, outside of the men who surrounded them, they might have ruled with equanimity, trusting each other in making the monumental decisions for the realm.
I cannot imagine how Mary maintained her courage and will to reign, except that, like Elizabeth, she believed in the divine ascendancy of the monarchy and her divine right to reign. If these 2 strong, brilliant women had forged an alliance, outside of the men who surrounded them, they might have ruled with equanimity, trusting each other in making the monumental decisions for the realm.