Description:In 1460, when clan feuds were rife and the threat of English invasion ever-present, James the Third, one of Scotland’s weakest monarchs, came to the throne. The ambitious Boyd family of Kilmarnock took the opportunity to seize power in a bloodless coup.Forced to marry Thomas Boyd, future Earl of Arran, James’ wise and strong-minded elder sister, Princess Mary, made the best of her predicament. Moreover, she was to discover a unique talent for diplomacy when she accompanied her husband to the Danish court, persuading King Christian to hand over the islands of Orkney and Shetland to Scottish dominion.But when the Boyd regime was finally toppled, Mary’s position became severely compromised.In this riveting tale of romance, treachery and heartbreak, Nigel Tranter reveals how, irrespective of their desires, the lives of royal young women were all too frequently used to forward national or political alliances.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Mary Stewart Omnibus: Price of a Princess / Lord in Waiting (Mary Stewart, #1-2). To get started finding The Mary Stewart Omnibus: Price of a Princess / Lord in Waiting (Mary Stewart, #1-2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The Mary Stewart Omnibus: Price of a Princess / Lord in Waiting (Mary Stewart, #1-2)
Description: In 1460, when clan feuds were rife and the threat of English invasion ever-present, James the Third, one of Scotland’s weakest monarchs, came to the throne. The ambitious Boyd family of Kilmarnock took the opportunity to seize power in a bloodless coup.Forced to marry Thomas Boyd, future Earl of Arran, James’ wise and strong-minded elder sister, Princess Mary, made the best of her predicament. Moreover, she was to discover a unique talent for diplomacy when she accompanied her husband to the Danish court, persuading King Christian to hand over the islands of Orkney and Shetland to Scottish dominion.But when the Boyd regime was finally toppled, Mary’s position became severely compromised.In this riveting tale of romance, treachery and heartbreak, Nigel Tranter reveals how, irrespective of their desires, the lives of royal young women were all too frequently used to forward national or political alliances.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Mary Stewart Omnibus: Price of a Princess / Lord in Waiting (Mary Stewart, #1-2). To get started finding The Mary Stewart Omnibus: Price of a Princess / Lord in Waiting (Mary Stewart, #1-2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.