Mary Queen of Scots: A Glittering Future at the French Court
All I can tell you is that I account myself one of the happiest women in the world. These words…
The Memorialisation of Mary Queen of Scots: The Making of an Icon
This blog is adapted from an interview, recorded for my podcast, The Tudor History & Travel Show. Our historian is Dr…
HolyRoodhouse: Pleasure Palace of the Stuarts
It is impossible to write a series of blogs about Mary, Queen of Scots without talking about Holyroodhouse, also known…
Jedburgh and the Mysterious Near-Death of Mary, Queen of Scots
For a fleeting period of time, in the autumn of 1566, those standing around the bed of Mary, Queen of…
Inchmahome Priory: The Romantic Refuge of the Scots Queen
This month, The Tudor Travel Show podcast celebrates the life of Mary Queen of Scots. We will be delving into…
Stirling Castle: The Childhood Home of Mary, Queen of Scots
Stirling Castle was one of Scotland’s premier strongholds during the medieval period. It was also a place with a particularly…
Mary, Queen of Scots: An Intimate Portrait of a Widowed Queen.
Mary, Queen of Scots was perhaps never happier than during the time spent in France. Initially, as a child, she…
Loch Leven Castle: The Prison of a Beleaguered Queen
On the anniversary of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587, we wind…
Linlithgow Palace: The Renaissance Birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots
Outside, a fierce winter terrorises the landscape. Scotland and the north of England lie covered by a deep blanket of…
Fotheringhay Castle: The Final Dark Act of a Scottish Tragedy
There is something strangely compelling about making a pilgrimage to the site from which your Tudor heroine or hero departed…