The year is 1586, and Mary Stuart is sitting in an English prison cell at the end of her life, stitching her tapestries, haunted by the ghosts of her past - including John Knox, Bothwell, her half-brother Moray, and Darnley, the husband she was accused of conspiring to murder.Darnley's murder became a mystery crime which remains unsolved to this day. Only Mary can tell the true version of events, whilst quietly stitching her braid and entertaining the ghosts of her past.She has been Elizabeth's reluctant 'guest' for eighteen years, but she still has her supporters, most notably a young nobleman called Anthony Babington. As her needle weaves in and out of the fine linen, she plots for Elizabeth's downfall. Her life before this was marked by murder, conspiracy and intrigue in the dark Scottish courts of Renaissance Europe and for Mary it is not over yet. She confides in her servants, secrets which remain untold.
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Dimensions: 113 x 198mm
Publication Date: 20 Mar 2017
Publisher: Fledgling Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781905916788
About Alex Nye
Alex Nye is an award-winning children's author. She grew up in Norfolk by the sea but has lived in Scotland since 1995 where she finds much of her inspiration in Scottish history. At the age of 16 she won the W H Smith Young Writers' Award out of 33000 entrants and has been writing ever since. Her first children's novel CHILL won the Scottish Children's Book of the Year Award. She likes to spend her time walking her dog swimming scribbling in notebooks and tapping away on her laptop. She also teaches and delivers workshops on creative writing/ghost stories/Scottish history. She graduated from King's College London more years ago than she cares to admit.For My Sins is Alex's first historical novel for adults.