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Mary Queen of Scots
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Mary Queen of Scots, Antonia Fraser's 1969 biography from Delacorte Press, is a widely respected popular history by a trained historian and prolific royal biographer, using primary correspondence and court records to reconstruct Mary Stuart's life in detail. Its strength is that primary-source grounding. Its limit is its age and its narrative biographical form; specialist claims about specific documents or disputed episodes in Mary's reign should be checked against more recent, narrowly focused scholarship where it exists.
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Antonia Fraser's Mary Queen of Scots, published by Delacorte Press in 1969, the top tier reflecting a widely respected popular history by a trained historian and prolific royal biographer, using primary correspondence and court records. Its limit is its age and its narrative biographical form; specialist claims about specific documents or disputed episodes in Mary's reign should be checked against more recent, narrowly focused scholarship. NotesBiography of Mary Queen of Scots, Delacorte Press, 1969.
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AuthorAntonia Fraser
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication Year1969
Source Typeacademic biography
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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