Mary Stuart

Mary Stuart By,Alexandre Dumas ,Father, is a book about the life of Mary Stuart who was queen regnant of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 and queen consort of France from 10 July 1559 to 5 December 1560. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, was 6 days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. Mary had pretensions to the English throne especially being a descendant of Henry VIII's elder sister. At the eyes of many Catholics the queen Elizabeth was illegitimate, and Mary Stuart was the rightful queen of England She had no luck in life, being imprisoned several times, having to abdicate the throne, and engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow the powerful Queen Elizabeth I