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BEST-SELLING author Reay Tannahill's latest work gives a fictionalised account of the story of Mary, Queen of Scots.
FATAL MAJESTY (Orion, GBP 16.99) is written more as a sharp political thriller than a romantic tale, and tells of Mary's return to Scotland hoping to assume the throne, only to be caught up in a web of deadly intrigues and traps set by Elizabeth I and her own Secretary of State.
Tannahill tells the story using carefully authenticated historical research, skill and clarity, making this a novel about Mary that has many things to recommend it.
AT one point when a person looked at a map of the world it was covered in pink, marking out the British...