Tudors Versus Stewarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary, Queen of Scots

A study of the most celebrated family power struggle in British history.

"A wonderfully thorough history of the Scots that thankfully avoids dwelling on stories that have been explored countless times before—especially fitting now as Scotland decides whether to withdraw from the union with England." —Kirkus Reviews

The war between the fertile Stewarts and the barren Tudors was crucial to the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. The legendary struggle, most famously embodied ...