Mary Queen of Scots Hardcover - 2001

Thames & Hudson, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/Good. Illustrator: Mark Fiennes – Photographer. Family connections of the Queen of Scots, a chronology, select bibliography and sources, list of places, acknowledgement and illustration credits and index. Photographic end pages, being part reproduction of needlework attributed to Mary, Queen of Scots. The text is illustrated with 194 coloured illustrations – the photographs being taken by Mark Fiennes – with reproductions of contemporary illustrations. Bottle green coloured boards with self embossed publisher's logo to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic / illustrated dustwrapper, with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A biography of Mary, Queen of Scots, of her life and of her death. But, it's not only the bare telling of her life it is also the recreation of the world in which she lived in – the palaces, the courtly culture, the people and that the domestic scenes give life to a, ultimately, tragic figure. This book is an ex-library copy: – library stickers attached to the rear paste-down. Rubbing of the book corners and backstrip corners. Some age toning of the text block edges and pages. Creasing of the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the panels. Remnants of a sticker can be seen to the lower backstrip edge. Size: Square Quarto. [5], 6 - 224 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Mark Fiennes – Photographer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Royalty; Scotland; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; History. ISBN: 0500510385. ISBN/EAN: 9780500510384. Inventory No: 0129774. . 9780500510384