A review by ktrain3900
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots by Nancy Goldstone

informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.5

A solid accounting linking Mary Queen of Scots to the current English monarchy. I don't know that I needed to dwell quite so much on James I to enter the story of his daughter Elizabeth Stuart (The Winter Queen) and then her daughters, and it was a bit uneven in places, likely due to the lack of writing left behind by 2 of the 4 daughters, but overall I enjoyed it. The best sections heavily utilize the correspondence and other writings of the other 2 daughters, the eldest (also Elizabeth) and the youngest (Sophia), who is the link to the Hanoverians down to the current monarchy. Overall I tend to lean more Tudor than Stuart, but if you want to go Stuart, the ladies are where it's at.