Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart
Chapter 1 of 22 Chapter I, part 1
- Running time
- 7 h 54 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Dini Steyn, Dorothy Godfrey-Smith, Jim Lardner, Mike Pelton, clarinetcarrot, mbm0rxi
Chapters
About this recording
The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of stories based upon historical records, from the pen of Alexandre Dumas, pere, when he was not "the elder," nor yet the author of D'Artagnan or Monte Cristo, but was a rising young dramatist and a lion in the literary set and world of fashion.
The third volume is devoted to the story of Mary Queen of Scots, another woman who suffered a violent death, and around whose name an endless controversy has waged. Dumas goes carefully into the dubious episodes of her stormy career, but does not allow these to blind his sympathy for her fate. Mary, it should be remembered, was closely allied to France by education and marriage, and the French never forgave Elizabeth the part she played in the tragedy. - From the Introduction
Other recordings of this book
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask, Martin Guerre
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida (version 2)
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 3: Martin Guerre
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier (version 2)
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 1: Ali Pacha
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 1: Joan of Naples
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Karl-Ludwig Sand (version 2)
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and the Cenci (version 2)
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart (version 2)
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 2: La Constantin
