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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Bolton Castle and the Vengeful Prisoner of Wensleydale
Cover image: Bolton Castle in Wensleydale, by kind permission of Anita Watson. In the last post, we followed in the…
