{"product_id":"mary-queen-of-scots-1","title":"Mary Queen of Scots","description":"\"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 14.2pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eRAVELERS who go into Scotland take a great interest in visiting, among other places, a certain room in the ruins of an old palace, where Queen Mary was born. Queen Mary was very beautiful, but she was very unfortunate and unhappy. Every body takes a strong interest in her story, and this interest attaches, in some degree, to the room where her sad and sorrowful life was begun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe palace is near a little village called Linlithgow. The village has but one long street, which consists of ancient stone houses. North of it is a little lake, or rather pond: they call it, in Scotland, a loch. The palace is between the village and the loch; it is upon a beautiful swell of land which projects out into the water. There is a very small island in the middle of the loch and the shores are bordered with fertile fields. The palace, when entire, was square, with an open space or court in the center. There was a beautiful stone fountain in the center of this court, and an arched gateway through which horsemen and carriages could ride in. The doors of entrance into the palace were on the inside of the court.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe palace is now in ruins. A troop of soldiers came to it one day in time of war, after Mary and her mother had left it, and spent the night there: they spread straw over the floors to sleep upon. In the morning, when they went away, they wantonly set the straw on fire, and left it burning, and thus the palace was destroyed. Some of the lower floors were of stone; but all the upper floors and the roof were burned, and all the wood-work of the rooms, and the doors and window-frames. Since then the palace has never been repaired, but remains a melancholy pile of ruins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe room where Mary was born had a stone floor. The rubbish which has fallen from above has covered it with a sort of soil, and grass and weeds grow up all over it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003eIt is a very melancholy sight to see..\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"E-Kitap Projesi \u0026 Cheapest Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47938109866288,"sku":"9786256014824","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9786256014824.jpg?v=1728562792","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/mary-queen-of-scots-1","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}