George Buchanan

The Indictment of Mary Queen of Scots presents a detailed examination of the charges against Mary Stuart, drawing from a previously unpublished manuscript held in the University Library at Cambridge. This meticulously researched work, edited and annotated by R. H. Mahon, delves into the historical context surrounding Mary's trial and execution. The book includes thorough commentary on the authorship of the manuscript and analysis of related documents, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of the complex political landscape of 16th-century Scotland and England. Mahon's scholarly approach sheds new light on the evidence presented against Mary, challenging existing interpretations and providing valuable insights into the motivations of her accusers. This volume is an essential resource for historians, researchers, and anyone interested in the life and legacy of one of history's most enigmatic figures. "The Indictment of Mary Queen of Scots" remains a significant contribution to the ongoing debate surrounding her guilt or innocence. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

“To venture to the road meant entering a dangerous world in which high-handed and overbearing vans and hard uncompromising lorries thundered past the narrow pavement that we had to walk on. The road, though our neighbour, was not a being we felt kin to. A short way from our gate, it had the rumble of artillery.” In August 1947, on the author's sixth birthday, he and his mother arrived from England in Tobruk, Libya. Waiting on the quay to meet them was a stranger, an officer in the British Army. This officer was his father, from whom he would acquire a sense of guilt and insecurity. But in Libya first of all, and then in Egypt, he would also come across new worlds to take hold of his imagination. The family's return to England as the 1940s ended would be followed once again by their departure and the author's own arrival at a London boarding school. Turning to others for mental and emotional support, he found it over time in teachers, fellow pupils, students, tutors, friends of his parents, colleagues or acquaintances. As a young graduate teaching in Nigeria he would be exposed to new, transformative perspectives. Later he would unravel hidden scandals in his family. The book's title alludes to the various aspects - physical and social, psychological and moral - of his discontinuous and richly complex life.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.