The Royal Stuarts

An “evocative, visceral [and] haunting” look at one of history’s bloodiest and most tumultuous reigns ( Daily Telegraph, UK). “Compelling . . . Seven hundred years of history pass lightly but with absolute assurance under Mr. Massie’s hand.” — The Wall Street Journal This panoramic history of one of the world’s most fascinating royal families tells the complete story of the Stuarts, from the first king to the last. Charting the Stuarts’ rise to the thrones of Scotland and England and eventual de