In My Mailbox - 8/22/09

Credit goes to The Story Siren for thinking up the In My Mailbox feature.

I just got one new book this week, and it's not even a young adult book, but I bought it because it sounds interesting, and I liked one of the author's other historical novels, The Tsarina's Daughter. I hope to get more books next week, since I have a couple of books on the way to me that were just shipped from Amazon Vine.

The Memoirs of Mary, Queen of Scots by Carolly Erickson

Born Queen of Scotland, married as a girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly king dom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third to the dash - ing Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute.
Unable to rise above the violence and disorder that swirled around her, Mary escaped to England—only to find herself a prisoner of her ruthless, merciless cousin Queen Elizabeth.
Here, in her own riveting account, is the enchanting woman whose name still evokes excitement and compassion—and whose death under the headsman’s axe still draws forth our sorrow.