Mary, Queen of Scots the Scottish alliance with France. Beaton wanted to move Mary away from the coast to the safety of Stirling Castle. Regent Arran resisted the move, but backed down when Beaton's armed supporters gathered at Linlithgow. The Earl of Lennox escorted Mary and her mother to Stirling on 27 July 1543 with 3,500 armed men. Mary was crowned in the castle chapel on 9 September 1543, with "such solemnity as they do use in this country, which is not very costly" according to the report of Ralph Sadler and Henry Ray. Shortly before Mary's coronation, Scottish merchants headed for France were
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