Quotes from John Guy

Mary had done her duty in marrying Francis and had showered him with signs of affection. But she had never loved him.

Within three months, the first of the Wars of Religion would have begun in France

Elizabeth was still acutely sympathetic to Mary;

Elizabeth's practice to draw hatch marks in pen across the blank spaces of her sensitive and important letters

But she was still a crowned queen in her own right.

She reviewed her options and decided to return to Scotland. Her mind was made up within a month.

what Moray and the rebel lords had done was unconscionable

Mary rose and declared in the full glare of publicity that there was "no other queen of England but herself.

his goal, unlike Elizabeth's, was to keep her off the throne.

She had great success in raising a royal army.

She rode out of Edinburgh at the head of between eight and ten thousand men

outnumbering her opponents by five to one.

Within a fortnight of her arrival, Mary knew that her whole future lay in Cecil's hands.

Her trial was fast approaching and the spider's web all but complete.

Mary was not blamed by Elizabeth for causing this, the most serious rebellion of her reign—at least not yet.

She turned next to Moray's base in Fife, cutting his supply lines.

The rivals met in a battle lasting three hours.

All seemed to be over when Bothwell's mainmast was shot away by a cannonball

To achieve a quick result, he found himself accepting terms that guaranteed Scotland's independence

Meanwhile, Darnley was furiously plotting against his wife.

Bothwell now planned to escape to France, hoping to rally Guise support for Mary.

violent gale blew up.

shall continue to be called the kingdom of Scotland and retain its ancient laws and liberties.

Bothwell, an expert seaman, escaped with three of his ships.