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<p>Praise for The Royal Stuarts <p> Not just for history lovers but anyone hooked on Showtime's The Tudors or, currently, The Borgias... An enjoyable, often witty read, which will make for a nice introduction to the Stuarts and a fun refresher for aficionados. <br>-- Library Journal <p> A well-fashioned history of the remarkable Scottish monarchs... A palatable history lesson that might help untangle the royal lineage web for American readers. <br>-- Kirkus <p> Smart...A delightfully opinionated but nuanced and action-packed history. <br>-- Publishers Weekly <p> It drips with blood, cruelty and tears... Evocative, visceral - haunting. <p> --Daily Telegraph (UK) <p> Lively and jauntily paced history. <br>-- Sunday Times (UK) <p><p> Stirring and eloquent account of the Stuarts. <br>--Scotland on Sunday<p><p> A highly readable and impressively panoramic history. <br> --The Scotsman<p><p> [Massie] combines dry wit and fondness for well-constructed sentences with a novelist's sense of the enlivening detail. <br>-- Daily Express (UK) <p><p> A pleasure to read and psychologically compelling. <br>--The Spectator (UK)

Not just for history lovers but anyone hooked on Showtime's <i>The Tudors</i> or, currently, <i>The Borgias...</i>An enjoyable, often witty read, which will make for a nice introduction to the Stuarts and a fun refresher for aficionados. <i>Library Journal</i></p> A well-fashioned history of the remarkable Scottish monarchs... A palatable history lesson that might help untangle the royal lineage web for American readers. <i>Kirkus</i></p> Smart...A delightfully opinionated but nuanced and action-packed history. <i>Publishers Weekly </i></p> It drips with blood, cruelty and tears... Evocative, visceral - haunting. <i>Daily Telegraph (UK)</i></p> Lively and jauntily paced history. <i>Sunday Times (UK) </i></p> Stirring and eloquent account of the Stuarts. <i>Scotland on Sunday</i></p> A highly readable and impressively panoramic history. <i>The Scotsman</i></p> [Massie] combines dry wit and fondness for well-constructed sentences with a novelist's sense of the enlivening detail. <i>Daily Express (UK) </i></p> A pleasure to read and psychologically compelling. <i>The Spectator (UK)</i></p>

Not just for history lovers but anyone hooked on Showtime's The Tudors or, currently, The Borgias...An enjoyable, often witty read, which will make for a nice introduction to the Stuarts and a fun refresher for aficionados. Library Journal A well-fashioned history of the remarkable Scottish monarchs... A palatable history lesson that might help untangle the royal lineage web for American readers. Kirkus Smart...A delightfully opinionated but nuanced and action-packed history. Publishers Weekly It drips with blood, cruelty and tears... Evocative, visceral - haunting. Daily Telegraph (UK) Lively and jauntily paced history. Sunday Times (UK) Stirring and eloquent account of the Stuarts. Scotland on Sunday A highly readable and impressively panoramic history. The Scotsman [Massie] combines dry wit and fondness for well-constructed sentences with a novelist's sense of the enlivening detail. Daily Express (UK) A pleasure to read and psychologically compelling. The Spectator (UK)

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ALLAN MASSIE is the award-winning author of many novels, including his Roman Quartet --Antony, Augustus, Tiberius and Caesar. He lives in the Scottish Borders and writes for the Daily Telegraph, Scotsman and for the Spectator, where he has a regular column.

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