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Referenced as one of 'the great books about Mary Queen of Scots' by a 'great historian of early modern Scotland.' Wormald's work is contrasted with Antonia Fraser's, noting that Wormald 'absolutely despises Mary Queen of Scots' and argues that if Mary didn't murder Darnley, she was 'almost the only member of Edinburgh's political society who knew nothing about it.'

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Referenced when discussing Mary giving birth to a son, noting that 'Even Jenny Wormald, never one to cut Mary any slack' acknowledged this as 'the one great success of her queenship.' Wormald was a historian known for her scholarly works on Mary Queen of Scots.

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Described as 'a brilliant, groundbreaking book on Mary, Queen of Scots' by the Scottish historian Jenny Wormald, who 'condemned her as a monarch of little wit and no judgment, a woman who absolutely brought about her own downfall.'