“Mary was surrounded in her childhood by powerful women: the French Queen Catherine de Medici; the King’s lover, advisor and friend, Diane de Poitiers; Mary’s grandmother, Antoinette de Guise and finally her own mother, the Dowager Queen of Scotland. In… — Jane Dunn Copy Share Image
“Mary, throughout her life, sought her friendships with women. She was attracted to sisterly relationships where she, a queen since birth, was naturally deferred to, and elicited much devotion from the women who knew her. But this made her ill-equipped… — Jane Dunn Copy Share Image
“The horror of her incarceration in the Tower was a defining event Elizabeth could never forget. It made a passionate heart more circumspect, a… — Jane Dunn Copy Share Image
“Sadly, Mary, from this point on, was not only bound to fail to impress anyone as to her ability as a monarch, she failed… — Jane Dunn Copy Share Image
“Mary was surrounded in her childhood by powerful women: the French Queen Catherine de Medici; the King’s lover, advisor and friend, Diane de Poitiers;… — Jane Dunn Copy Share Image
“In living so closely with these queens, inevitably my ideas and prejudices have changed. I became more aware of the profound loneliness of their… — Jane Dunn Copy Share Image
“Mary, throughout her life, sought her friendships with women. She was attracted to sisterly relationships where she, a queen since birth, was naturally deferred… — Jane Dunn Copy Share Image
“This was the first example of another interesting pattern in Elizabeth’s life. Lacking parents, lacking close family, unmarried as she would remain, and childless… — Jane Dunn Copy Share Image
“Catherine’s motto could well have been that genius is a long patience. With the successive reigns of her sons came her chance to show… — Jane Dunn Copy Share Image
