Crowned at nine months, married at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, implicated in the murder of her second husband, and executed for treason, Mary Stuart lived a life that could not have been better imagined by any Hollywood screen writer.Graham narrates Marys short life as a hellish fairy tale, ending with the queens grisly death. This biography in strongest incarefully detailing the Western European political atmosphere ofMarys youth and nimbly describes the Scottish nobles' machinations to improve their lot before forcing her to abdicate.A colorful and dramatic evocation of the world of Mary, Queen of Scots.