Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power

'A brilliant achievement'
SCOTSMAN

'A charmed feat of imagination and learning'
HILARY MANTEL

In sixteenth-century Europe women's voices were suppressed and silenced., and despite her royal position Mary, Queen of Scots was no exception. But, in an age when textiles expressed power, Mary exploited them to emphasise her female agency. From her lavishly embroidered gowns as the prospective wife of the French Dauphin to the fashion dolls she used to encourage a Marian style at the Scottish court ...