As the son of Mary Queen of Scots, born into her 'bloody nest,' James had the most precarious of childhoods. Even before his birth, his life was threatened: it was rumored that his father, Henry, had tried to make the pregnant Mary miscarry by forcing her to witness the assassination of her supposed lover, David Riccio. By the time James was a one-year-old, Henry was murdered, possibly with the connivance of his mother, Mary was in exile in England

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Now revised to include King Charles III and the future kings, this is the essential handbook to the life and times of every king and queen of England and Scotland -- from the Anglo-Saxon kings to the House of Windsor. --

James VI and I, the king who united in his person the crowns of Scotland and England, has received a censorious press. Faults -- and he was very far from faultless -- have been given maximum treatment and virtues -- which he did not lack -- have been dismissed as being on a lesser scale. The result is that he has been derided for his failures, but not sufficiently praised for those instances where his judgment was in advance of his age, as for example...

Evaluates the rivalry between the fertile Stewarts and barren Tudors as critical to the sixteenth-century British Isles, tracing three generations of feuding that led to the violent competition for the throne between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.

"A fast-paced and fascinating account of the childhood of Mary, Queen of Scots. Join Mary as she escapes danger in Scotland and begins a new life as a queen in France, before tragedy strikes..." -- Back cover.

A brief biography of the Mary Stuart tracing the events which led her from the gaiety and luxury of the French court to political exile and death in England.

Examines the lives of William Wallace, Rob Roy, and Robert the Bruce, and includes dramatic reenactments and analysis by leading authorities.