Margaret George

Margaret George's exhaustively researched novel skilfully weaves both historical fact and plausible fiction in bringing the story of Mary Queen of Scots to life. She was a child crowned a queen...A sinner hailed as a saint...A lover denounced as a whore...A woman murdered for her dreams... Margaret George's Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles brings to life the fascinating...

This is the story of England’s most famous, and notorious, king. The facts of Henry VIII’s life and reign were more astonishing, poignant and outlandish than the plot twists of most fiction. Henry’s character was complex: he was a charismatic, ardent – and brash – young lover who married six times; a scholar with a deep love of poetry and...