Mary, Queen of Scots of 7 February 1587, Mary was told that she was to be executed the next morning. She spent the last hours of her life in prayer, distributing her belongings to her household, and writing her will and a letter to the King of France. The scaffold that was erected in the Great Hall was draped in black cloth. It was reached by two or three steps and furnished with the block, a cushion for her to kneel on and three stools, for her and the earls of Shrewsbury and Kent, who were there to witness the execution. The executioners (one
Mary Queen of Scots (1969 book) written to Bothwell by one of his mistresses. The book had Fraser awarded the 1969 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Fraser, Antonia. "Mary Queen of Scots". London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. . Reissued, Phoenix paperback, 2001. (10); (13). 40th anniversary ed., reissued Phoenix (Orion Books) paperback, 2009. . Mary Queen of Scots (1969 book) Mary Queen of Scots (1969) is a biography of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Antonia Fraser. A 40th-anniversary edition of the book was published in 2009. As she states in her "Author's Note", Fraser aims to test the truth or falsehood of the many legends on