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The First Marie and the Queen of Scots

Linda Root

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Description:The First Marie and the Queen of Scots in the debut novel in Linda Root's series "The Queen of Scots Suite".The astonishingly beautiful queen who reigned at the Twelfth Night festivities at Holyrood was not the Queen of Scots, but her petite blond cousin Marie Flemyng, ranked first among Marie Stuart's Four Maries. She won her night of sovereignty in a lottery in which she found a bean hidden in a slice of cake. As a result, she was crowned Queen of the Bean, a female counterpart to the traditional Lord of Misrule. Her performance was so spellbinding that news of it circulated to the European courts. Elizabeth Tudor heard of it from her envoy Randolph, who compared Flemyng to the goddesses Venus, Juno and Minerva.The celebration was French in flavor, but the flaxen-haired queen who ruled over it was pure Scotts, with the blood of the Bruce in her veins. Her mother was an illegitimate sister of James V. Her own father's mercenary ancestors had migrated to Britain in service of the Conqueror, but finding it too tame for their liking, continued to Scotland and flourished. The counterfeit queen had been a conscripted playmate of the queen since both were wee, tucked away at Inchmahome with three other girls of their same age, all named Marie. Within a week, the Dowager declared that dealing with five little girls named Marie was out of the question. Only the queen was permitted to retain her name. The others were given monikers. Marie Beaton became "Beaton", Marie Seton became "Seton", and Mary Livingston became "Lusty" due to her athletic nature. Since Marie Flemyng had been nicknamed Mally by her father, she hoped to escape relabeling. However, when the Dowager and the French-born mothers of the other girls tried it on their tongues, Mally sounded too much like Marie. She became La Flamina, although no Flemyng had been to Flanders since 1066. The queen shortened it to Flamie to silence her complaints.The queen's household fled to Dumbarton to avoid an English army commanded by the ruthless Earl of Hereford. He aimed to carry the Queen of Scots to England to a forced betrothal to his nephew, the adolescent Edward VI. To avoid such a catastrophe, the queen's mother, the Dowager Marie of Guise entered into a pact brokered by her powerful brothers in which her daughter was to be delivered to the French king Henri Valois, to later become the bride of his son Francois, the five year old dauphin. In exchange, Henri would send troops to Scotland to help the Dowager expel the English. Lady Flemyng would join the exodus as the queen's governess. It seemed like an excellent plan to all but five year old Mally Flemyng. She had no desire to leave her home in Biggar and she saw no Englishmen chasing her.Thirteen years later the Scots at the French court had been culled to an essential few. Flamie's mother had been deported for having a love child to the king and the audacity to brag about it. Flamie's brother James and three other Scots delegates to Marie Stuart's wedding had been poisoned on their homebound journey. Then Henri died following a jousting accident and Marie Stuart became Queen of France. Her First Marie lost all hope of going home. Then, pathetic King Francois died of a brain disease, and his teenage widow sailed to Scotland, a tragic choice for Marie Stuart, but not for her First Marie.As the Twelfth Night ball progressed, most were charmed by its ruler's allure, but others were less seduced by revelries. To them the Queen of Scots was the true Queen of Misrule and they were willing to do murder to be rid of her. Had the queen of the ball been clairvoyant, the ritual of unmasking would have exposed a cabal offering obeisance to the youthful Marie Stuart while secretly plotting her fall. But the magic of the evening had obscured the world of treachery surrounding Marie Stuart's court. Enthralled by the moment, the First Marie played her role as if born to it, oblivious to the undercurrent of treason and deceit that would make the Queen of Scots her enemy but which would also free her from her servitude.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The First Marie and the Queen of Scots. To get started finding The First Marie and the Queen of Scots, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 738

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release: 2011

ISBN: 1613974590

Description: The First Marie and the Queen of Scots in the debut novel in Linda Root's series "The Queen of Scots Suite".The astonishingly beautiful queen who reigned at the Twelfth Night festivities at Holyrood was not the Queen of Scots, but her petite blond cousin Marie Flemyng, ranked first among Marie Stuart's Four Maries. She won her night of sovereignty in a lottery in which she found a bean hidden in a slice of cake. As a result, she was crowned Queen of the Bean, a female counterpart to the traditional Lord of Misrule. Her performance was so spellbinding that news of it circulated to the European courts. Elizabeth Tudor heard of it from her envoy Randolph, who compared Flemyng to the goddesses Venus, Juno and Minerva.The celebration was French in flavor, but the flaxen-haired queen who ruled over it was pure Scotts, with the blood of the Bruce in her veins. Her mother was an illegitimate sister of James V. Her own father's mercenary ancestors had migrated to Britain in service of the Conqueror, but finding it too tame for their liking, continued to Scotland and flourished. The counterfeit queen had been a conscripted playmate of the queen since both were wee, tucked away at Inchmahome with three other girls of their same age, all named Marie. Within a week, the Dowager declared that dealing with five little girls named Marie was out of the question. Only the queen was permitted to retain her name. The others were given monikers. Marie Beaton became "Beaton", Marie Seton became "Seton", and Mary Livingston became "Lusty" due to her athletic nature. Since Marie Flemyng had been nicknamed Mally by her father, she hoped to escape relabeling. However, when the Dowager and the French-born mothers of the other girls tried it on their tongues, Mally sounded too much like Marie. She became La Flamina, although no Flemyng had been to Flanders since 1066. The queen shortened it to Flamie to silence her complaints.The queen's household fled to Dumbarton to avoid an English army commanded by the ruthless Earl of Hereford. He aimed to carry the Queen of Scots to England to a forced betrothal to his nephew, the adolescent Edward VI. To avoid such a catastrophe, the queen's mother, the Dowager Marie of Guise entered into a pact brokered by her powerful brothers in which her daughter was to be delivered to the French king Henri Valois, to later become the bride of his son Francois, the five year old dauphin. In exchange, Henri would send troops to Scotland to help the Dowager expel the English. Lady Flemyng would join the exodus as the queen's governess. It seemed like an excellent plan to all but five year old Mally Flemyng. She had no desire to leave her home in Biggar and she saw no Englishmen chasing her.Thirteen years later the Scots at the French court had been culled to an essential few. Flamie's mother had been deported for having a love child to the king and the audacity to brag about it. Flamie's brother James and three other Scots delegates to Marie Stuart's wedding had been poisoned on their homebound journey. Then Henri died following a jousting accident and Marie Stuart became Queen of France. Her First Marie lost all hope of going home. Then, pathetic King Francois died of a brain disease, and his teenage widow sailed to Scotland, a tragic choice for Marie Stuart, but not for her First Marie.As the Twelfth Night ball progressed, most were charmed by its ruler's allure, but others were less seduced by revelries. To them the Queen of Scots was the true Queen of Misrule and they were willing to do murder to be rid of her. Had the queen of the ball been clairvoyant, the ritual of unmasking would have exposed a cabal offering obeisance to the youthful Marie Stuart while secretly plotting her fall. But the magic of the evening had obscured the world of treachery surrounding Marie Stuart's court. Enthralled by the moment, the First Marie played her role as if born to it, oblivious to the undercurrent of treason and deceit that would make the Queen of Scots her enemy but which would also free her from her servitude.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The First Marie and the Queen of Scots. To get started finding The First Marie and the Queen of Scots, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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