Exile, Rosemary Goring
Exile, Rosemary Goring
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Exile
The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots

Author: Rosemary Goring

Narrator: Lianne Walker

Unabridged: 12 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/16/2026


Synopsis

An enthralling account of Mary, Queen of Scots' captivity in England, revealing intrigue, plots, and political turmoil.

Discover a thrilling true story of treachery, deceit, hope, and despair.

From the moment Mary, Queen of Scots set foot on English soil in 1568 until her execution at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587, she was the prisoner of her cousin, Elizabeth I. Unlike Mary's time on the Scottish throne, the dramatic events of these years—almost half her life—took place while she was a captive. But while trouble was perpetually simmering beyond her prison walls, within them Mary was constantly plotting. Only towards the end did she lose faith in returning to her homeland as rightful ruler.

This is the story of Mary's tumultuous later years, told through the many atmospheric locations where she was confined. Drawing on the latest research, including a treasure trove of recently decoded letters, Exile sheds fascinating new light on her captivity and the charged political climate of the period. Reading like a sixteenth-century thriller, this account of treachery, deceit, hope, and despair is a penetrating and enthralling psychological portrait of one of history's endlessly fascinating queens.

About Rosemary Goring

Rosemary Goring was born in Dunbar and studied social and economic history at the University of St Andrews. She was the literary editor of Scotland on Sunday, followed by a brief spell as editor of Life; Work, the Church of Scotland's magazine, before returning to newspapers as literary editor of the Herald, and later also of the Sunday Herald. In 2007, she published Scotland: The Autobiography: 2000 Years of Scottish History By Those Who Saw it Happen, which has since been published in America and Russia. Rosemary's first novel was After Flodden.


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