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Countess of Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot 1527?-1608 Fiction Great Britain Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Fiction I, Queen of England Elizabeth 1533-1603 I, Queen of England Elizabeth 1533-1603 Fiction Queen of Scots Mary 1542-1587 Queen of Scots Mary 1542-1587 Fiction Queens Scotland Fiction Scotland History Mary Stuart, 1542-1567 FictionHand, Cynthia
Summary: "Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of beauties and beasts, of mice and ... queens? Mary is the queen of Scotland and the jewel of the French court. Except when she's a mouse. Yes, reader, Mary is a shapeshifter in a kingdom where Verities rule. It's a secret that could cost her a head--or a tail. Luckily, Mary has a confidant in her betrothed, Francis. But things at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HANDunn, Jane.
Summary: A dual portrait of England's Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots documents their complex relationship, different characteristics, and ideals, and discusses their reigns, power struggle, and influence on British history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.055 DUNNSummary: Anne of the thousand days: Follow King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in one of history's most famous tragic love affairs in the Academy Award winning masterpiece starring Richard Burton and Genevieve Bujold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANNHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and discover who is responsible for the plot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOPQuilligan, Maureen
Summary: "A leading Renaissance scholar shows in this revisionist history how four powerful women redefined the culture of European monarchy in the glorious sixteenth century. Library Journal "Books and Authors to Know: Titles to Watch 2021" Sixteenth-century Europe was a time of destabilization of age-old norms and the waging of religious wars-yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.6 QUIWeir, Alison.
Summary: Reexamines the relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her ambitious second husband, Lord Darnley, and investigates Darnley's 1567 murder to assess Mary's possible involvement and to solve this four-hundred-year-old mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARBuckley, Fiona.
Summary: Ursula, traveling to the Netherlands to escort her foster daughter to meet her suitor, also investigates whether or not a wealthy Italian banker is plotting to put Mary, Queen of Scots on the English throne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCWeir, Alison
Summary: A profile of the niece of Henry VIII reveals her contributions to sixteenth century politics, covering her two affairs, arrangement of her son's marriage to Mary Queen of Scots, and role in securing the English throne for her grandson, Scotland's James VI.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LENNOX, MARGARET DOUGLAS WEIGregory, Philippa.
Summary: Presents a tale inspired by the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in a work that follows the doomed monarch's long imprisonment in the household of the Earl of Shrewsbury and his spying wife, Bess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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Summary: A fictional portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, follows the tragic character from her youth, through her tumultuous adulthood at the center of political intrigue, betrayal, rivalry, and murder, to her execution, ordered by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, in a meticulously detailed historical novel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 1996
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Summary: The courageous, spirited Mary Queen of Scots tells her own story--from her youth as a young girl married to the invalid young King of France to her short reign as Queen of Scotland and her tragic imprisonment by her ruthless, merciless cousin Queen Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERICarr, Flora
Summary: Scotland, 1567. A pregnant Mary, Queen of Scots is dragged out of her palace by rebel lords and imprisoned in the isolated Lochleven Castle, an ancient fortress surrounded by a vast lake. Her infant son and heir, James, has been captured by her enemies. Accompanying Mary are two inconspicuous serving observant, ambitious Jane and romantic, quick-tempered Cuckoo, who endeavor to keep their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2024
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Summary: "Orphaned from infancy, Catherine de' Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French king, she was widowed by forty, only to become the power behind the French throne during a period of intense civil strife. In 1546, Catherine gave birth to a daughter, Elisabeth de Valois, who would become Queen of Spain. Two years later, Catherine welcomed to her nursery the beguiling young Mary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.009 CHABuckley, Fiona.
Summary: Happily married to her third husband, Hugh Stannard, lady-in-waiting Ursula Blanchard is hoping to give up her undercover work for Queen Elizabeth l in order to enjoy domestic bliss. But when Hugh unwittingly endangers possession of his ancestral home, Ursula is forced to take on a seemingly hopeless - but handsomely paid - private assignment, which the Queen spots is the perfect cover for a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCMina, Denise
Summary: "On the evening of March 9th, 1566, David Rizzio, the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, was brutally murdered. Dragged from the chamber of the heavily pregnant Mary, Rizzio was stabbed fifty six times by a party of assassins. This breathtakingly tense novella dramatises the events that led up to that night, telling the infamous story as it has never been told before. A dark tale of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MINGregory, Philippa.
Summary: This dazzling novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the guest of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GreSummary: Queen Elizabeth's realm is divided, politically unstable and dangerous. We see her troubled reign through the eyes of her spymasters, Willian and Robert Cecil, a father and son team in charge of counter terrorism and the protection of the fragile life of the one woman on whom everything depends. Looks at the entrapment and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, the capture and escape of Catholic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV QUEBarry, John
Contents: Out of Africa (4:32) -- Midnight cowboy (4:06) -- Body heat (3:58) -- Somewhere in time (9:01) -- Mary, Queen of Scots (3:45) -- Born free (4:45) -- Dances with wolves (4:11) -- Chaplin (3:27) -- The cotton club (3:50) -- Walkabout (3:03) -- Frances (7:50) -- We have all the time in the world (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service (3:05) -- Moviola (4:34).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Epic Soundtrax 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BARSummary: Who was Mary Queen of Scots? What role did she play in the history of Great Britain? Take a journey of discovery across the majestic landscapes of Scotland, England and France to find the woman behind the legend in this fascinating look into history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cobra Entertainment 2014
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Summary: Dramatization of the life of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn. As a young woman, Elizabeth is faced with imprisonment and worse, but she prevails over vicious court intrigues and secures her claim to the throne. As Queen, she faces the continuing threat from Mary, Queen of Scots, an impending royal wedding that would unite England and France, and a palace insurrection involving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ELIHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
Summary: "Harper's fast-paced, suspenseful ninth historical (after 2005's The Fatal Fashione) finds Elizabeth I beset by Spanish antagonism at sea and by political rivals in England, especially the scheming Mary, Queen of Scots, and the rebellious northern lords. While on a summer outing in 1569 with her new ally, Francis Drake, an arrow barely misses Elizabeth, claiming the life of her falconer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARMartin, Jerome
Summary: "A colorful information book filled with 100 fascinating and mind-blowing facts. Scientists and historians have discovered a lot about our past, our future and how the world works, but SO MUCH remains unknown. What is dark matter? How fast could a T. rex run? How did Mary Queen of Scots keep her dying wishes secret from her enemies? This exciting book explores the edges of human knowledge and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Limited 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 032.02 MARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 032.02 MARSummary: Queen of France at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I, who rules as the Queen of England. Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MARShelton, Paige
Summary: "Bookseller Delaney Nichols meets a woman who believes she is Mary, Queen of Scots, reborn. When the Cracked Spine is royally threatened, she must do all she can to save the shop. Heading back to work the day after she returns from her European honeymoon, Delaney Nichols is excited to get back to the Cracked Spine. But as she disembarks the bus and hurries toward the shop she and another woman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020