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Bittersweet Within My Heart

by Robin Bell · 1992

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This splendid volume offers the first complete collection of the impassioned poetry of Mary, Queen of Scots, one of history's most romantic figures. This important bilingual collection includes verse written by the Queen to her various lovers, to each of her three husbands, and to her rival, Queen Elizabeth I of England. 30 period paintings, 20 in color.

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