Project Gutenberg 2015-09-13 Public domain in the USA. 73 Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John) 1821 1878 Whyte-Melville, George John Melville, G. J. Whyte The Queen's Maries: A Romance of Holyrood Produced by Shaun Pinder and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Queen's Maries: A Romance of Holyrood" by G. J. Whyte-Melville is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the life and trials of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, and focuses particularly on her group of devoted ladies-in-waiting known as the Maries, who accompany her from France to Scotland. It promises to weave together elements of romance, adventure, and history, centered around the characters' loyalty and the political tumult of the time. At the start of the novel, the narrative unfolds on a chilly autumn night in Calais, where Mary Stuart prepares to leave France, filled with nostalgia for the country she cherishes. The opening describes a bustling scene as various characters interact in a wine shop, including a young archer of the Scottish Body-Guard named Walter Maxwell. The atmosphere is a mixture of revelry and tension as Mary and her ladies prepare to depart amidst impending change. The initial chapters introduce the Queen's Maries, their personalities, and their excitement and trepidation about embarking on this significant journey, highlighting both the emotional stakes and the historical context of Mary Stuart’s reign. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - Royalty Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 951998 951997 2024-09-20T16:55:07.302403 2023-09-21T13:10:29.022983 text/html text/html 960112 2015-09-13T12:45:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 415617 2015-09-13T12:45:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 451189 2024-09-20T16:55:17.980282 application/epub+zip 468962 2024-09-20T16:55:08.733321 application/epub+zip 467551 2024-09-20T16:55:08.017336 application/epub+zip 727897 2024-09-20T16:55:25.690311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 655878 2024-09-20T16:55:17.201282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 654799 2022-09-22T15:16:56.531256 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 889947 889758 2024-09-20T16:55:05.621330 2023-09-21T13:10:27.481975 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 889736 2015-09-13T12:45:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 348216 2015-09-13T12:45:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18475 2024-09-20T16:55:25.827226 application/rdf+xml 11784 2024-09-20T16:55:08.128325 image/jpeg 1860 2024-09-20T16:55:08.073341 image/jpeg 415085 2024-09-20T16:55:07.388352 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia