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The Wild queen

the days and nights of Mary, Queen of Scots
2012
Convicted of plotting against her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England and awaiting execution in 1587, Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland, recounts her life story, including becoming a widow at age eighteen and her brutal campaign to regain her sovereignty after being stripped of her throne.

The Nativity story

2007
An illustrated retelling of the Biblical story of the birth of Jesus.

Bloody Mary

1978
A biography of Mary Tudor, sixteenthcentury Queen of England, whose life and reign were marred by religious divisions within the nation.

The rose and the thorn

the lives of Mary and Margaret Tudor
1975

The memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots

2009
A fictional memoir of Mary Queen of Scots, documenting her reign over Scotland, her marriages, and her final days as a prisoner of her cousin Elizabeth I.

Looking for Mary, or, The Blessed Mother and me

2000
Beverly Donofrio explains how she learned to let the Virgin Mary into her life, and explains how her experiences changed her view of herself, her relationship with her son, and her religious beliefs.

Queen of Scots

the true life of Mary Stuart
2004
A biography of Mary, Queen of Scots, that draws from her letters, those of English spies, and other documents to argue that her reputation as an ineffective leader ruled by her passions is unfounded and that, rather, she was a skilled politician and diplomat and was framed for the murder of her husband, Lord Darnley.

Mary

a flesh-and-blood biography of the Virgin Mother
2004
Draws from a variety of historical, anthropological, and theological sources to examine the life of Mary, mother of Jesus, presenting her as a young woman, barely out of adolescence, who became pregnant without benefit of a husband, raised her child to greatness, and endured his death with strength and courage.

Mary

2006
An illustrated retelling of the birth and life of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.

The maid, the witch, and the cruel queen

2006
A poor serving girl conspires to save an innocent woman that Lord Scuggate is planning to burn as a witch in order to impress the queen.

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