Mary Queen of Scots (1969) - Antonia Fraser Audiobook

Written by Antonia Fraser
Read by Anne Flosnik
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Release date: May 22, 2018
Duration: 25:17:04

She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, and dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head. Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape, and even murder.

More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history..

Mary passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of 16. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of 13 years. Her life then entered its best known phase: the early struggles with John Knox and the unruly Scottish nobility; the fatal marriage to Darnley and his mysterious death; her marriage to Bothwell, the chief suspect, that led directly to her long English captivity at the hands of Queen Elizabeth; the poignant and extraordinary story of her long imprisonment that ended with the labyrinthine plot to free her, and her execution at the age of 44.

Antonia Fraser’s biography, four years in the writing, enters fully into the life of an historical figure that continues to capture the popular imagination. It provides a moving answer to the question, “What was Mary Queen of Scots really like?”

When request in 2015, only the abridged version was available. Now both are available.