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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