While this book is based on a real character and actual historical events, some situations and people are fictional, created by the author.
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First published in the US by Scholastic Inc, 2002
(as The Royal Diaries: Mary, Queen of Scots – Queen Without a Country)
This electronic edition published in the UK by Scholastic Ltd, 2014
Text copyright © Kathryn Lasky, 2002
Cover illustration © Richard Jones, 2010
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