St. Martin’s, New York, 1999, 1^st US ed/pr.  ISBN 0-312-19881-7.  Hard cover, 466 pages including Historical Endnotes.  Near fine; light shelf wear, spine ends lightly bumped; binding tight with headbands.  Dust jacket with price intact shows light edge and some cover wear, some rubs.  Interior clean and unmarked.  ‘Returning from the sophisticated court of France to take up her throne in a cold and backward Scotland, eighteen-year-old Mary found herself trapped in a web of ambitions and intrigues – those of her self-righteous brother, James, whose ambition was to rule in her place; of her brilliant secretary of state, Lethington, dedicated to placing the Stewarts on the throne of England; and of Elizabeth I, dazzling and unscrupulous, who feared Mary as a threat not only to her crown but to her life.’ (from front flap)