![]() ![]() Though she later marries the Dauphin, he unexpectedly dies, and Mary is left to pick up the pieces of her life -and the complex politics that comes with her inheritance. Fearing for her life (and to secure an advantageous marriage to the Dauphin), Mary is sent off to France. In fact, I'd say that I knew every little about Mary's earlier years before picking up this book.At the age of five, Mary was left as the only surviving heir to the Scottish throne. The Wild Queen chronicles the life of Mary, Queen of Scots who, interestingly, seems to only get scene time (or, book time) in relationship with her nearly 20-year imprisonment by Queen Elizabeth I. ![]() I guess I should, considering that I enjoy historical fiction and some YA novels so much, but for some reason I never really knew about these books, and after looking at Meyer's rather long line of bio-historicals surrounding women in history, it seems that this began as a more child-oriented approach but, with the popularity of Philippa Gregory and other historical fiction, it grew into YA historical fiction -or, something like that.Thus, The Wild Queen was my first introduction to Carolyn Meyer. Apparently, there's this big world of Carolyn Meyer YA-style historical novels that I've never really known about. ![]()
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