Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots

Scintillating, provocative. An elegant synthesis of royal biography and political thriller. Daily TelegraphA Times History Book of the YearMary and Elizabeth: cousins, rivals, queens. They allied and fought and plotted - but could never escape their bond. A story which inspired the Hollywood film MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. At the end of the Tudor era, two queens ruled one island. But sixteenth-century Europe was a man’s world and powerful voices believed that no woman could govern. All around Mary and Elizabeth were sycophants, spies and detractors who wanted their dominion, their favour and their bodies. Elizabeth and Mary shared the struggle to…