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Mary Queen Of Scots Analysis
“The Life of Mary Queen of Scots”, was written by P.C. Headley. The biography is a full account of the political changes in Europe during Mary’s life. To understand Mary Queen of Scots, it is important to look at her childhood. The majority of Mary’s childhood was spent in Fontainebleau Palace. She lived there from age seven to her exile at age twenty.

On page one, P.C. Headley shares that at six days old, Mary’s father died, and she was crowned as the first female sovereign on the throne of Bruce. It is revealed on page three and four that Mary was then separated from her mother, and spent five years of her life at Stirling castle, under the protection of England. Until age six, when the English king died, the previous marriage arrangement

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