Queens' Play1964
by Dunnett, Dorothy.
The young Mary Queen of Scots is now part of the court of Henri II of France. Mary of Guise, the Queen Mother, on her way from Scotland to visit her daughter, persuades Francis Crawford to go to France to gather intelligence about France's negotiations with England, Scotland's enemy. He reluctantly complies, and becomes a central part of the travelling court's lavish and riotous entertainments - though not in the way his friends had hoped. The action moves between London and France while a traitor plots the death of the young Queen and Crawford is forced into ever more dangerous stratagems to outwit Scotland's enemies.
The chapter headings are taken from the Brehon Laws - the ancient laws and institutes of Ireland.
This is an historical romance and the second of 6 books set in the...