Explores the rise and fall of the Boyd family of Kilmarnock, and shows how, irrespective of their individual desires, the lives of royal young women were all to frequently used to forward national or political alliances - the negotiating of handing over territory from Denmark to Scotland.
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Explores the rise and fall of the Boyd family of Kilmarnock, and shows how, irrespective of their individual desires, the lives of royal young women were all to frequently used to forward national or political alliances - the negotiating of handing over territory from Denmark to Scotland.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0340558997. DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Price-clipped with remainder dot on top page edges, slight yellowing of pages as is common in British publications..; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector.; 5.5 X 1.25 X 9 inches; 232 pages; " After young James the Third's accession to the Scottish throne, the ambitious Boyd family of Kilmarnock seized power. Although James's sister, Mary, was at first unwilling to marry Thomas Boyd, she eventually learned to love him. When Thomas was sent to the Danish court, Mary discovered a talent for diplomacy. In exchange for Princess Margaret of Denmark marrying her brother, she persuaded the Danes to hand over the islands of Orkney and Shetland to Scottish dominion. But when the Boyd regime was finally toppled, Mary's position became severely compromised."
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Good in Near Fine jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hard cover. Green cloth with glt lettering on spine. i232 pages. Good with pages tanning and heavy foxing to edges of text block, in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Mylar cover on jacket. Historical novel about Mary Stewart, eldest daughter of King James II of Scotland, who was forced to marry Thomas Boyd, future Earl of Arran.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hard cover. 232 pages. Near Fine with pages tanning and short crease at top corner of pages 85-92, in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Mylar cover on jacket. Historical novel about Mary Stewart, eldest daughter of King James II of Scotland, who was forced to marry Thomas Boyd, future Earl of Arran.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hard cover. 232 pages. Fine unread with pages tanning, in a fine dust jacket. Mylar cover on jacket. Historical novel about Mary Stewart, eldest daughter of King James II of Scotland, who was forced to marry Thomas Boyd, future Earl of Arran.