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As a history enthusiast (to say the least; my less-nice friends call me a history geek!) I’ve long been fascinated by the complex and tragic life of Mary Queen of Scots, and I was so happy to have the chance to use her as a secondary character in Unlacing the Lady in Waiting. I knew quite a bit about her later life in English captivity, but not much about her early days back in Scotland after years in France. I also loved getting to use Scotland as a setting for the first time (but not the last! Look for a full-length novel in the near future, where we glimpse Helen and James as a married couple…).

If you’d like to read more about the period, here are a few sources I enjoyed:

—John Guy, The True Life of Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland (2004)

—Roderick Graham, Mary Queen of Scots: An Accidental Tragedy (2009)

—Antonia Fraser, Mary Queen of Scots (1969)

—JS Richardson, The Abbey and Palace of Holyroodhouse (1978) (plus the guidebook to Holyrood now available at the palace, the photos were invaluable!)