And it does not end until, having survived the assassination of Caesar and the defeat of the second man she loves, Marc Antony, she plots her own death. It is also a tale of passion that begins when the twenty-one-year-old Cleopatra, desperate to return from exile, seeks out the one man who can help her: Julius Caesar. Told in the first person - from the young queen's earliest memories of her father's tenuous rule to her own reign over one of the most glittering kingdoms in the world - this is an enthralling saga of ambition and power. George's intriguing vision never wavers, one suspects it is a bit myopic.The mesmerizing story of Queen Cleopatra in her own words - by bestselling novelist Margaret George, author of The Autobiography of Henry VIII and Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles. Thus the novel's extremely empathic treatment of this gracious yet sometimes tiresome woman is not entirely convincing. George's Mary doesn't acknowledge her role in the resulting strife, preferring to think of herself as a victim. Implicated in many of the plots that swirl around her, Ms. According to the author, Mary's problems can be traced to her naivete. Tall, redheaded Mary is depicted as brave, compassionate and gentle, a queen who never loses faith in her religion - or in new beginnings. Her syphilitic drunkard husband plans her murder her true love is thrown into a dungeon, shackled and left to rot her brother and her trusted advisers betray her repeatedly the Pope condemns her and her last hope, her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, locks her away for almost 20 years until finally ordering her execution. From the luxury of her upbringing in a French palace to the harshness of her later years in Scotland's fortresses and England's royal prisons, Mary lives a tragic life. "Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles" is set against the bloody turmoil of the 16th century's religious wars, in which decadence alternates with penitence, persecution and piety.
In this massive, old-fashioned biographical novel, Margaret George, the author of the popular novel "The Autobiography of Henry VIII," presents an evocative portrait of another royal figure. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND AND THE ISLESBy Margaret George.St.
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