''Maria Stuart'' is a biography of

Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scot ...

, written by

Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig (; ; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist, and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular write ...

and published in 1935. It is presented as a tragedy (''Dramatis personae'' at the head of the book). It was translated to English, albeit with radical changes, by husband and wife Eden and

Cedar Paul Cedar Paul, ''née'' Gertrude Mary Davenport (1880 – 18 March 1972) was a singer, author, translator and journalist.''Who Was Who'' Biography Gertrude Davenport came from a musical family: she was the granddaughter of the composer George Alex ...

in 1936.

Content

The biography consists of 23 chapters and an epilogue: # Queen in the cradle (1542-1548) # Youth in France (1548-1555) # Queen, widow and queen again (July 1560-August 1561) # Return to Scotland (August 1561) # First warning (1561-1563) # Large political marriage market (1563-1565) # Second marriage (1565) # The dramatic night of Holyrood (March 9, 1566) # The betrayed felons (March–June 1566) # Terrible complication (July to Christmas 1566) # Tragedy of a passion (1566-1567) # The Way of Murder (January 22-February 9, 1567) # Quos deus perdere vult (February–April 1567) # The dead end (April–June 1567) # The dismissal (Summer 1567) # Farewell to freedom (Summer 1567-summer 1568) # A plot is going on (May 16-June 28, 1568) # The net tightens (July 1568-January 1569) # The years in the shade (1569-1584) # The knife war (1584-1585) # We must finish (September 1585 – 1586) # Elisabeth against Elisabeth (August 1586-February 1587) # "At my end is my beginning" (February 8, 1587)

References

{{reflist Works by Stefan Zweig Cultural depictions of Mary, Queen of Scots Biographies (books)