Elizabeth and Mary
Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
Jane Dunn
Harper, 2003
ISBN 000653192X
For nearly thirty years Queen Elizabeth of England and her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, were uncomfortable rivals. Mary had succeeded her father on the throne at the age of six days in 1542, while Elizabeth ascended at the age of 25 in 1558. Both were highly intelligent and ambitious women and there was not room for both. Elizabeth was beset by enemies everywhere ...