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TANNAHILL**, REAY: : Fatal Majesty: THE DRAMA OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

LONDON.ORION/an imprint of Orion Books Ltd.,1998.

ISBN 0752804936.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around matt black background with wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustration of glossy,coloured spider's web with a circular glossy,coloured portrait of Mary Queen of Scots to centre of same to front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,matt white-lettered name at top edge along with embossed, calligraphic gilt-lettered part-title and capitalised,blocked gilt-lettered sub-title. Spine/backstrip with repeated similarly coloured +lettered author's name as the front's and similalrly coloured and lettered part-title - both flat printed,publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name,a b/w illustrated colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of front's illustration a repeated smaller colour portrait of Queen in top rear corner and a white-lettered prose extract. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without toning,or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/ unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,3-466pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 7, 8, and 5 main chapters,these all having varying numbers of sub-sections/chapters within,an Historical Endnote with 8 paragraphs includes a Further Reading paragraph.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table,2 double-page Family trees of Royal Relations and The English Succession respectively,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear,2pp blanks.                                          Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 25+ year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of other usage or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of this age.               'Fatal Majesty' is the story of Mary, Queen of Scots - but this is no conventional retelling of a fascinating yet familiar tale.                  Returning from the sophisticated court of France to take up her throne in a cold and backward Scotland, eighteen-year-old Mary found herself trapped in a web of ambitions and intrigues - those of her self-righteous brother, James, whose ambition was to rule in her place; of her brilliant secretary of state, Lethington, dedicated to placing the Stewarts on the throne of England; and of Elizabeth I, dazzling and unscrupulous, who feared Mary as a threat not only to her crown but to her life.The intrigues of the men closest to Mary were to be responsible for shaping not only her tragedy but also their own.Yet the secretary stabbed to death at her feet, the murder of her husband, her marriage to his murderer, and even her own end on the headsman's block were not disparate events in an era of easy violence, but episodes in a grand, sometimes terrifying, and ultimately successful design. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.                           N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE.                     ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware:  Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                              

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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