Stitch in time
Embroidering Her Truth by Clare Hunter Hodder & Stoughton, 416 pages, £20
The story of Mary, Queen of Scots is well-trodden territory for historians. She has long been a source of fascination, her life often inspiring either sympathy or impatience. Given that most of the events of Mary’s life and reign – from her is no ordinary cultural biography of the Scottish queen, instead it explores the expression of female power through its wealth of material trappings and splendour.
